diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index b91fa381f..8aa5b7b9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
-        java-version: 8
+        java-version: 17
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/build.bat
       env:
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
-        java-version: 8
+        java-version: 17
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/build.sh
       env:
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 06e31b082..5fdb2df99 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,81 @@ source ${scriptDir}/common.sh
 mvn -version
 echo ${JOB_TYPE}
 
+# Store the current Java version since the version may change when installing sdk-platform-java
+current_java_home=$JAVA_HOME
+
+# Get the current proto runtime version used in this repo
+CURRENT_PROTO_VERSION=$(mvn -ntp help:effective-pom |
+sed -n "/<artifactId>protobuf-java<\/artifactId>/,/<\/dependency>/ {
+  /<version>/{
+      s/<version>\(.*\)<\/version>/\1/p
+      q
+  }
+}" | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+echo "The current proto version is: ${CURRENT_PROTO_VERSION}"
+
+# Find the latest proto runtime version available
+LATEST_PROTO_VERSION="4.28.2"
+echo "The latest proto version is: ${LATEST_PROTO_VERSION}"
+
+# Only reinstall shared-deps again to test for a newer proto version
+if [[ "${CURRENT_PROTO_VERSION}" != "${LATEST_PROTO_VERSION}" ]]; then
+  # testing-infra-docker has Java 11 installed in java8 docker container. Use this as sdk-platform-java
+  # needs Java 11+ to run with GraalVM. For GH actions, JAVA11_HOME does not exist and would skip this.
+  if [ ! -z "${JAVA11_HOME}" ]; then
+    export JAVA_HOME="${JAVA11_HOME}"
+    export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH
+  fi
+
+  pushd /tmp
+  git clone https://github.com/googleapis/sdk-platform-java.git
+  pushd sdk-platform-java
+  pushd gapic-generator-java-pom-parent
+  sed -i "/<protobuf.version>.*<\/protobuf.version>/s/\(.*<protobuf.version>\).*\(<\/protobuf.version>\)/\1${LATEST_PROTO_VERSION}\2/" pom.xml
+  # sdk-platform-java
+  popd
+
+  pushd sdk-platform-java-config
+  # Get current Shared-Deps version in sdk-platform-java
+  SHARED_DEPS_VERSION=$(mvn -ntp help:effective-pom |
+  sed -n "/<artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config<\/artifactId>/,/<\/dependency>/ {
+    /<version>/{
+        s/<version>\(.*\)<\/version>/\1/p
+        q
+    }
+  }" | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+  echo "Shared-Deps Version: ${SHARED_DEPS_VERSION}"
+  # sdk-platform-java
+  popd
+
+  mvn clean install -q -ntp \
+      -DskipTests=true \
+      -Dclirr.skip=true \
+      -Denforcer.skip=true \
+      -T 1C
+  # /tmp
+  popd
+
+  # Back to the original directory of the repo
+  popd
+  # Find all the poms with a reference to shared-deps and update to the new local version
+  poms=($(find . -name pom.xml))
+  for pom in "${poms[@]}"; do
+    if grep -q "sdk-platform-java-config" "${pom}"; then
+      echo "Updating the pom: ${pom} to use shared-deps version: ${SHARED_DEPS_VERSION}"
+      sed -i "/<artifactId>sdk-platform-java-config<\/artifactId>/,/<\/parent>/ s/<version>.*<\/version>/<version>$SHARED_DEPS_VERSION<\/version>/" "${pom}"
+#      xmlstarlet ed --inplace -N x="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" \
+#        -u "//x:project/x:parent[x:artifactId='sdk-platform-java-config']/x:version" \
+#        -v "${SHARED_DEPS_VERSION}" \
+#        "${pom}"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # Reset back to the original Java version if changed
+  export JAVA_HOME="${current_java_home}"
+  export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH
+fi
+
 # attempt to install 3 times with exponential backoff (starting with 10 seconds)
 retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
   mvn install -B -V -ntp \