diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 9b2b26b76eba..3db72890d079 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
       <artifactId>datastore-v1-protos</artifactId>
       <version>1.3.0</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 3.0.0 -->
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
+          <artifactId>grpc-google-common-protos</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 0.1.0 -->
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
@@ -37,6 +49,36 @@
           <artifactId>guava-jdk5</artifactId>
           <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 2.4.1 -->
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 18.0 -->
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
+          <artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 1.20.0 -->
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+          <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 1.20.0 -->
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
+          <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 1.20.0 -->
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
+          <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
+          <!-- version 1.20.0 -->
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>