diff --git a/caffe-distri/pom.xml b/caffe-distri/pom.xml
index d391765..fccc128 100755
--- a/caffe-distri/pom.xml
+++ b/caffe-distri/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.0</version>
+            <version>[2.5.0,)</version>
 	    <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>