diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml
index e46bbd8375..8b52beb856 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-cd.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         needs: load-platform-matrix
         env:
             JAVA_VERSION: "11"
+            RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.set-release-version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
         strategy:
             # Run all jobs
             fail-fast: false
diff --git a/java/client/build.gradle b/java/client/build.gradle
index d1780bca8f..0178f311ea 100644
--- a/java/client/build.gradle
+++ b/java/client/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '4.27.3'
+    implementation group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '4.27.1'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.13.0'
 
     implementation group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-handler', version: '4.1.100.Final'