diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19e1b376db..f83c8fa52e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
         <snakeyaml.version>1.27</snakeyaml.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.11.747</aws.sdk.version>
         <pubsub.client.version>1.105.0</pubsub.client.version>
+        <google.common.protos.version>2.1.0</google.common.protos.version> <!-- required by io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.38.0-->
         <azure-servicebus.version>3.2.0</azure-servicebus.version>
         <passay.version>1.5.0</passay.version>
         <ua-parser.version>1.4.3</ua-parser.version>
@@ -1691,6 +1692,11 @@
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
                 <version>${pubsub.client.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
+                <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
+                <version>${google.common.protos.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
                 <artifactId>azure-servicebus</artifactId>
diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml
index 0a05e4967d..73615c1c1b 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <main.dir>${basedir}/../..</main.dir>
-        <google.common.protos.version>1.16.0</google.common.protos.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
-            <version>${google.common.protos.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>