diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60304fd173c..54158c11c82 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <metamx.java-util.version>0.26.8</metamx.java-util.version>
         <apache.curator.version>2.6.0</apache.curator.version>
-        <druid.api.version>0.2.11</druid.api.version>
+        <druid.api.version>0.2.12</druid.api.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParser.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParser.java
index df8bdb5cef8..4a449efbe82 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParser.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParser.java
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public class ProtoBufInputRowParser implements ByteBufferInputRowParser
     if (parseSpec == null) {
       this.parseSpec = new JSONParseSpec(
           timestampSpec,
-          new DimensionsSpec(dimensions, dimensionExclusions, spatialDimensions)
+          new DimensionsSpec(dimensions, dimensionExclusions, spatialDimensions),
+          JSONParseSpec.JSON
       );
     } else {
       this.parseSpec = parseSpec;
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParserTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParserTest.java
index 67d5fdc3574..570045daab0 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParserTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/data/input/ProtoBufInputRowParserTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ public class ProtoBufInputRowParserTest
     ProtoBufInputRowParser parser = new ProtoBufInputRowParser(
         new JSONParseSpec(
             new TimestampSpec("timestamp", "iso"),
-            new DimensionsSpec(Arrays.asList(DIMENSIONS), Arrays.<String>asList(), null)
+            new DimensionsSpec(Arrays.asList(DIMENSIONS), Arrays.<String>asList(), null),
+            JSONParseSpec.JSON
         ),
         "prototest.desc",
         null, null, null, null
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/FireDepartmentTest.java b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/FireDepartmentTest.java
index 5fca643fc08..d212342abdf 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/FireDepartmentTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/FireDepartmentTest.java
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ public class FireDepartmentTest
                         Arrays.asList("dim1", "dim2"),
                         null,
                         null
-                    )
+                    ),
+                    JSONParseSpec.JSON
                 ),
                 null, null, null, null
             ),
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java
index e610d3c53e7..ff4808f6815 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/io/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ public class RealtimePlumberSchoolTest
           @Override
           public ParseSpec getParseSpec()
           {
-            return new JSONParseSpec(new TimestampSpec("timestamp", "auto"), new DimensionsSpec(null, null, null));
+            return new JSONParseSpec(
+                new TimestampSpec("timestamp", "auto"),
+                new DimensionsSpec(null, null, null),
+                JSONParseSpec.JSON
+            );
           }
 
           @Override