diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/CounterTest.java b/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/CounterTest.java
index 3e87d378c..a87153ec6 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/CounterTest.java
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/CounterTest.java
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 import io.prometheus.metrics.core.exemplars.ExemplarSamplerConfigTestUtil;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.PrometheusProtobufWriter;
+import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.TextFormatUtil;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.generated.com_google_protobuf_4_28_2.Metrics;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.CounterSnapshot;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Exemplar;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Label;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Labels;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Unit;
-import io.prometheus.metrics.shaded.com_google_protobuf_4_28_2.TextFormat;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.tracer.common.SpanContext;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.tracer.initializer.SpanContextSupplier;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public void testTotalStrippedFromName() {
         }) {
       Counter counter = Counter.builder().name(name).unit(Unit.SECONDS).build();
       Metrics.MetricFamily protobufData = new PrometheusProtobufWriter().convert(counter.collect());
-      assertThat(TextFormat.printer().shortDebugString(protobufData))
+      assertThat(TextFormatUtil.shortDebugString(protobufData))
           .isEqualTo(
               "name: \"my_counter_seconds_total\" type: COUNTER metric { counter { value: 0.0 } }");
     }
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/HistogramTest.java b/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/HistogramTest.java
index ad514e9d0..4d55c3236 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/HistogramTest.java
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/HistogramTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import io.prometheus.metrics.core.exemplars.ExemplarSamplerConfigTestUtil;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.OpenMetricsTextFormatWriter;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.PrometheusProtobufWriter;
+import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.TextFormatUtil;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.generated.com_google_protobuf_4_28_2.Metrics;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.ClassicHistogramBucket;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Exemplar;
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.HistogramSnapshot;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Labels;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.MetricSnapshots;
-import io.prometheus.metrics.shaded.com_google_protobuf_4_28_2.TextFormat;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.tracer.common.SpanContext;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.tracer.initializer.SpanContextSupplier;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private void run() throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
           new PrometheusProtobufWriter().convert(histogram.collect());
       String expectedWithMetadata =
           "name: \"test\" type: HISTOGRAM metric { histogram { " + expected + " } }";
-      assertThat(TextFormat.printer().shortDebugString(protobufData))
+      assertThat(TextFormatUtil.shortDebugString(protobufData))
           .as("test \"" + name + "\" failed")
           .isEqualTo(expectedWithMetadata);
     }
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ public void testDefaults() throws IOException {
 
     // protobuf
     Metrics.MetricFamily protobufData = new PrometheusProtobufWriter().convert(snapshot);
-    assertThat(TextFormat.printer().shortDebugString(protobufData)).isEqualTo(expectedProtobuf);
+    assertThat(TextFormatUtil.shortDebugString(protobufData)).isEqualTo(expectedProtobuf);
 
     // text
     ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/InfoTest.java b/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/InfoTest.java
index 4ea61a801..e3b06ecc8 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/InfoTest.java
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-core/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/core/metrics/InfoTest.java
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.OpenMetricsTextFormatWriter;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.PrometheusProtobufWriter;
+import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.TextFormatUtil;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.generated.com_google_protobuf_4_28_2.Metrics;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Labels;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.MetricSnapshots;
-import io.prometheus.metrics.shaded.com_google_protobuf_4_28_2.TextFormat;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public void testInfoStrippedFromName() {
         Info info = Info.builder().name(name).labelNames(labelName).build();
         info.addLabelValues("value");
         Metrics.MetricFamily protobufData = new PrometheusProtobufWriter().convert(info.collect());
-        assertThat(TextFormat.printer().shortDebugString(protobufData))
+        assertThat(TextFormatUtil.shortDebugString(protobufData))
             .isEqualTo(
                 "name: \"jvm_runtime_info\" type: GAUGE metric { label { name: \"my_key\" value: \"value\" } gauge { value: 1.0 } }");
       }
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
index b5d9f75bd..4f2f35422 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <shadeSourcesContent>true</shadeSourcesContent>
                             <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
+                            <artifactSet>
+                                <includes>
+                                    <include>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</include>
+                                </includes>
+                            </artifactSet>
                             <relocations>
                                 <relocation>
                                     <pattern>com.google.protobuf</pattern>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/TextFormatUtil.java b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/TextFormatUtil.java
index 54daaaa3e..da64f30bb 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/TextFormatUtil.java
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/TextFormatUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats;
 
+import com.google.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder;
+import com.google.protobuf.TextFormat;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.Labels;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
@@ -81,4 +83,8 @@ static void writeLabels(
     }
     writer.write('}');
   }
+
+  public static String shortDebugString(MessageOrBuilder protobufData) {
+    return TextFormat.printer().shortDebugString(protobufData);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/ExpositionFormatsTest.java b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/ExpositionFormatsTest.java
index 5174b2d8e..7a7a0ea7e 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/ExpositionFormatsTest.java
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/src/test/java/io/prometheus/metrics/expositionformats/ExpositionFormatsTest.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-import com.google.protobuf.TextFormat;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats.generated.com_google_protobuf_4_28_2.Metrics;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.*;
 import io.prometheus.metrics.model.snapshots.CounterSnapshot.CounterDataPointSnapshot;
@@ -2634,7 +2633,7 @@ private void assertPrometheusTextWithoutCreated(String expected, MetricSnapshot
   private void assertPrometheusProtobuf(String expected, MetricSnapshot snapshot) {
     PrometheusProtobufWriter writer = new PrometheusProtobufWriter();
     Metrics.MetricFamily protobufData = writer.convert(snapshot);
-    String actual = TextFormat.printer().shortDebugString(protobufData);
+    String actual = TextFormatUtil.shortDebugString(protobufData);
     assertThat(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
   }
 }