How to update these files: 1. Go to http://search.maven.org/ 2. Search for g:"com.google.protobuf" 3. Download the "jar" link from protobuf-java. 4. Download all binaries from "protoc". 5. Strip version number from protoc files: for i in *.exe; do mv $i $(echo $i | sed s/3.0.0-alpha-3-//); done 6. Set executable bit: chmod +x *.exe 7. Update third_party/BUILD to point to the new jar file. 8. Done.