diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsublite/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pubsublite/pom.xml
index d23c1e57d..12ca582bf 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsublite/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsublite/pom.xml
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <!--   Temp exclusion. Remove next protobuf upgrade (to 3.23.3 or higher)
-   context: https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java/pull/1791#issuecomment-1601587713-->
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
-          <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>