diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream_protobuf_compatibility_check_nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/downstream_protobuf_compatibility_check_nightly.yaml
index df107ac4a8..85383d7912 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream_protobuf_compatibility_check_nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream_protobuf_compatibility_check_nightly.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           - java-storage-nio
         # Default Protobuf-Java versions to use are specified here. Without this, the nightly workflow won't know
         # which values to use and would resolve to ''.
-        protobuf-version: ${{ fromJSON(format('[{0}]', inputs.protobuf_runtime_versions || '"3.25.5","4.28.3"')) }}
+        protobuf-version: ${{ fromJSON(format('[{0}]', inputs.protobuf_runtime_versions || '"3.25.5","4.29.0"')) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sdk-platform-java repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4