diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc7cc8a..cc72225 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <os.mavenplugin.version>1.7.1</os.mavenplugin.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <proto.version>3.25.6</proto.version>
-        <protobuf.plugin.version>0.7.1</protobuf.plugin.version>
+        <protobuf.plugin.version>3.4.0</protobuf.plugin.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <spotless.version>2.44.2</spotless.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/usage/pom.xml b/usage/pom.xml
index 396c8c0..4cdad0a 100755
--- a/usage/pom.xml
+++ b/usage/pom.xml
@@ -28,17 +28,20 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>dev.cookiecode</groupId>
+                <groupId>io.github.ascopes</groupId>
                 <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${protobuf.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
+                        <id>compile-sources</id>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                            <goal>generate</goal>
                         </goals>
-                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                         <configuration>
-                            <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:${proto.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
+                            <protocVersion>${proto.version}</protocVersion>
+                            <sourceDirectories>
+                                <sourceDirectory>src/main/proto</sourceDirectory>
+                            </sourceDirectories>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>