diff --git a/hive-connector/pom.xml b/hive-connector/pom.xml
index f5efa8005903d..dcd655f890df6 100644
--- a/hive-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/hive-connector/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
                 <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-beta-1</version>
+                <version>3.0.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>