diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5639991a9..82b9b06a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations` from 2.17.0 to 2.17.2
 - Bumps `com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind` from 2.17.0 to 2.17.2
 - Bumps `commons-logging:commons-logging` from 1.3.1 to 1.3.4
-- Bumps `com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java` from 4.26.1 to 4.28.0
+- Bumps `com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java` from 4.26.1 to 4.28.1
 - Bumps `io.netty:netty-all` from 4.1.109.Final to 4.1.112.Final
 - Bumps `jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api` from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0
 - Bumps `commons-codec:commons-codec` from 1.17.0 to 1.17.1
@@ -119,4 +119,4 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0
 [1.0.1]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1
-[1.0.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v7.13.4...v1.0.0
+[1.0.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v7.13.4...v1.0.0
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diff --git a/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.0.jar.sha1 b/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 92b59a1c2..000000000
--- a/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8b7f76d4c3179132637581aad5fb8207c992943a
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diff --git a/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.1.jar.sha1 b/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a9da13a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fd220ada9371efa092dec39719a3b9d7dd8a1d44
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diff --git a/spark/sql-30/build.gradle b/spark/sql-30/build.gradle
index 6fe117036..ad550ac71 100644
--- a/spark/sql-30/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/sql-30/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ sparkVariants {
             }
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "commons-logging:commons-logging:1.3.4")
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.1")
-            add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:4.28.0")
+            add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:4.28.1")
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.spark:spark-catalyst_${variant.scalaMajorVersion}:$variant.sparkVersion")
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.spark:spark-yarn_${variant.scalaMajorVersion}:$variant.sparkVersion") {
                 exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop'
diff --git a/spark/sql-30/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.0.jar.sha1 b/spark/sql-30/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 92b59a1c2..000000000
--- a/spark/sql-30/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8b7f76d4c3179132637581aad5fb8207c992943a
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diff --git a/spark/sql-30/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.1.jar.sha1 b/spark/sql-30/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a9da13a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spark/sql-30/licenses/protobuf-java-4.28.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fd220ada9371efa092dec39719a3b9d7dd8a1d44
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