diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e9351f6f53..dcf95bccc8e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
           <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${protobuf.plugin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
-            <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:${external.protobuf.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
+            <protocArtifact>${external.protobuf.groupid}:protoc:${external.protobuf.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
             <protoSourceRoot>${basedir}/src/main/protobuf/</protoSourceRoot>
             <clearOutputDirectory>false</clearOutputDirectory>
             <checkStaleness>true</checkStaleness>
@@ -1592,6 +1592,7 @@
     <!-- TODO HBASE-15041 clean up our javadocs so jdk8 linter can be used.
          property as of javadoc-plugin 3.0.0 -->
     <doclint>none</doclint>
+    <external.protobuf.groupid>com.google.protobuf</external.protobuf.groupid>
   </properties>
   <!-- Sorted by groups of dependencies then groupId and artifactId -->
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -3820,6 +3821,18 @@
         </pluginManagement>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>aarch64</id>
+      <properties>
+        <external.protobuf.groupid>org.openlabtesting.protobuf</external.protobuf.groupid>
+      </properties>
+      <activation>
+        <os>
+          <family>linux</family>
+          <arch>aarch64</arch>
+        </os>
+      </activation>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
   <!-- See https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MSITE-443 why the settings need to be here and not in pluginManagement. -->
   <reporting>