diff --git a/provider/legal-ibm/pom.xml b/provider/legal-ibm/pom.xml
index 9adb71aa2d74f82a858798d49122716099ba6bdc..33bda67e35311d70afc249a60db62256d3fcd23a 100644
--- a/provider/legal-ibm/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/legal-ibm/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@
 			<groupId>org.opengroup.osdu.legal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>legal-core</artifactId>
 			<version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+					<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+    		<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+    		<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    		<version>3.18.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.opengroup.osdu</groupId>