diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 910a5cd6c375a..7c3229d8a3e3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` from 2.18.0 to 2.20.0 ([#6490](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6490))
 - Bump `com.azure:azure-storage-common` from 12.19.3 to 12.20.0 ([#6492](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6492)
-- Bump `com.azure:azure-storage-blob` from 12.15.0 to 12.20.0 ([#6921](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6921)
 - Bump `snakeyaml` from 1.33 to 2.0 ([#6511](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6511))
 - Bump `io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty` from 1.1.3 to 1.1.4
 - Bump `com.avast.gradle:gradle-docker-compose-plugin` from 0.15.2 to 0.16.11
 - Bump `net.minidev:json-smart` from 2.4.8 to 2.4.9
-- Bump `com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java` from 3.22.0 to 3.22.2
+- Bump `com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java` to 3.22.2 ([#6994](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6994))
 - Bump Netty to 4.1.90.Final ([#6677](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6677)
 - Bump `com.diffplug.spotless` from 6.15.0 to 6.17.0
 - Bump `org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper` from 3.8.0 to 3.8.1
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
index 1369588bf5e37..dbbaa8163925d 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ dependencies {
   api 'com.google.api:api-common:1.8.1'
   api 'com.google.api:gax:1.54.0'
   api 'org.threeten:threetenbp:1.4.4'
-  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.20.0'
-  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.7'
+  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.22.2'
+  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.22.2'
   api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.9.0'
   api 'com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.10.0'
   api 'com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1:0.12.0'
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.21.7.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.21.7.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index faa673a23ef41..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.21.7.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-96cfc7147192f1de72c3d7d06972155ffb7d180c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.22.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.22.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..80feeec023e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.22.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fdee98b8f6abab73f146a4edb4c09e56f8278d03
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-util-3.20.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-util-3.20.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e9d00d8d5c03..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-util-3.20.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ee4496b296418283cbe7ae784984347fc4717a9a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-util-3.22.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-util-3.22.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2a5707254b8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/protobuf-java-util-3.22.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+749cd4fe8ab52f37bc186193802ba19f5b284647
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
index 43f3838999080..d2d8555583b73 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
+++ b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${versions.woodstox}"
   api 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.9'
   api "org.mockito:mockito-core:${versions.mockito}"
-  api "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.9"
+  api "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.22.2"
   api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${versions.kotlin}"
   api 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.4.49.v20220914'
   api 'org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:3.8.1'