diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1907591bf7eb976d9933ecc03e697e6bea35e34c..ae308e4d33e73512d177c03da51160a328f7d9c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
         <!-- dubbo related -->
         <dubbo.version>3.0.4</dubbo.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.19.1</protobuf.version>
         <curator.version>5.2.0</curator.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.7.0</zookeeper.version>
 
@@ -116,6 +117,11 @@
                 <artifactId>dubbo-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
                 <version>${dubbo.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+                <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+                <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>