diff --git a/hbase-shaded-protobuf/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded-protobuf/pom.xml
index 9bc2a4b..cb0ac5d 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
             <configuration>
               <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
               <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
+              <artifactSet>
+                <excludes>
+                  <!-- We will compile our own version, so exclude the original one -->
+                  <exclude>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</exclude>
+                </excludes>
+              </artifactSet>
               <relocations>
                 <relocation>
                   <pattern>com.google.protobuf</pattern>