diff --git a/API/pom.xml b/API/pom.xml
index 651f8d0..9efdb61 100644
--- a/API/pom.xml
+++ b/API/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
-    <build>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+            <version>3.24.1</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/Client/pom.xml b/Client/pom.xml
index 00d39d4..d4f9e30 100644
--- a/Client/pom.xml
+++ b/Client/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+            <version>3.24.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 813ac7a..d633bc1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,12 +77,7 @@
             <version>1.18.22</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-            <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.0</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>