diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
index 7dabb100426..0dea0ec6d78 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
+      <!--   Temp exclusion. Remove next protobuf upgrade (to 3.23.3 or higher)
+         context: https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java/pull/1791#issuecomment-1601587713-->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
+          <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
@@ -82,6 +90,14 @@
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-executor-v1</artifactId>
       <version>1.4.0</version>
+      <!--   Temp exclusion. Remove next protobuf upgrade (to 3.23.3 or higher)
+         context: https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java/pull/1791#issuecomment-1601587713-->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
+          <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index fb29c63e88e..b2bd1afa8d1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -191,6 +191,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
+      <!--   Temp exclusion. Remove next protobuf upgrade (to 3.23.3 or higher)
+         context: https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java/pull/1791#issuecomment-1601587713-->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
+          <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d47855bb90a..e608c642723 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-spanner-parent</site.installationModule>
-    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>3.11.0</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
+    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>3.12.0</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>