diff --git a/java/flight/flight-jdbc-driver/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-jdbc-driver/pom.xml
index 51a0df9bc478e..669ac7da5d1e6 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-jdbc-driver/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-jdbc-driver/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>${dep.protobuf.version}</version>
+            <version>${dep.protobuf-bom.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>