diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-rmi-trace/build.gradle b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-rmi-trace/build.gradle
index 40fbc17ab06..17de41dc95c 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-rmi-trace/build.gradle
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-rmi-trace/build.gradle
@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ task generateProtoPy {
 	ext.outdir = file("build/generated/source/proto/main/py")
 	outputs.dir(outdir)
 	inputs.files(src)
-	dependsOn(configurations.protocArtifact)
 	doLast {
-		def exe = configurations.protocArtifact.first()
-		if (!isCurrentWindows()) {
-			exe.setExecutable(true)
-		}
+		def exe = "protoc"
 		exec {
 			commandLine exe, "--python_out=$outdir", "-I$srcdir"
 			args src
diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/Module.manifest b/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/Module.manifest
index 89174007c96..582747e6540 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/Module.manifest
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/Module.manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MODULE FILE LICENSE: lib/protobuf-java-3.21.8.jar BSD-3-GOOGLE
+MODULE FILE LICENSE: lib/protobuf-java-3.24.4.jar BSD-3-GOOGLE
diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/build.gradle b/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/build.gradle
index a84e1568088..5ff4fa75eee 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/build.gradle
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Framework-AsyncComm/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 eclipse.project.name = 'Debug Framework-AsyncComm'
 
 dependencies {
-	api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.8'
+	api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.24.4'
 	api project(':Generic')
 	api project(':Graph')
 	api project(':ProposedUtils')
diff --git a/gradle/hasProtobuf.gradle b/gradle/hasProtobuf.gradle
index 23b4ce74bb1..0d9194f53d1 100644
--- a/gradle/hasProtobuf.gradle
+++ b/gradle/hasProtobuf.gradle
@@ -17,40 +17,10 @@
 	id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.10'
 }*/
 
-configurations {
-	allProtocArtifacts
-	protocArtifact
-}
-
 def platform = getCurrentPlatformName()
 
 
 dependencies {
-	allProtocArtifacts 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:windows-x86_64@exe'
-	allProtocArtifacts 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:linux-x86_64@exe'
-	allProtocArtifacts 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:linux-aarch_64@exe'
-	allProtocArtifacts 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:osx-x86_64@exe'
-	allProtocArtifacts 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:osx-aarch_64@exe'
-
-	if (isCurrentWindows()) {
-		protocArtifact 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:windows-x86_64@exe'
-	}
-	if (isCurrentLinux()) {
-		if (platform.endsWith("x86_64")) {
-			protocArtifact 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:linux-x86_64@exe'
-		}
-		else {
-			protocArtifact 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:linux-aarch_64@exe'
-		}
-	}
-	if (isCurrentMac()) {
-		if (platform.endsWith("x86_64")) {
-			protocArtifact 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:osx-x86_64@exe'
-		}
-		else {
-			protocArtifact 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.8:osx-aarch_64@exe'
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 /*protobuf {
@@ -67,12 +37,8 @@ task generateProto {
 	ext.outdir = file("build/generated/source/proto/main/java")
 	outputs.dir(outdir)
 	inputs.files(src)
-	dependsOn(configurations.protocArtifact)
 	doLast {
-		def exe = configurations.protocArtifact.first()
-		if (!isCurrentWindows()) {
-			exe.setExecutable(true)
-		}
+		def exe = "protoc"
 		exec {
 			commandLine exe, "--java_out=$outdir", "-I$srcdir"
 			args src