diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 7eca4c6d5f0..25b56db3b07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
         distribution: temurin
     - run: echo "JAVA11_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       shell: bash
+    - run: git config --system core.longpaths true
     - run: java -version
     - run: .kokoro/build.bat
       env:
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index f8ae5a96f37..77a92475e1b 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,81 @@ fi
 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 \
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index 3799fb341ac..a9e71185e18 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <method>boolean has*(*)</method>
   </difference>
 
-  <!-- The following 7006 exemptions are related to Protobuf 4.27.4+ runtime upgrade -->
   <difference>
     <differenceType>7006</differenceType>
     <className>com/google/spanner/admin/database/v1/**</className>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index fa9181b755b..211cc245d49 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <method>boolean has*(*)</method>
   </difference>
 
-  <!-- The following 7006 exemptions are related to Protobuf 4.27.4+ runtime upgrade -->
   <difference>
     <differenceType>7006</differenceType>
     <className>com/google/spanner/admin/instance/v1/**</className>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-executor-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-executor-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index c8787595be2..4c6a3c0573f 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-executor-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-executor-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     <className>com/google/spanner/executor/v1/SpannerExecutorProxyGrpc$SpannerExecutorProxyStub</className>
   </difference>
 
-  <!-- The following 7006 exemptions are related to Protobuf 4.27.4+ runtime upgrade -->
   <difference>
     <differenceType>7006</differenceType>
     <className>com/google/spanner/executor/v1/**</className>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index 89fd05b2e3c..592a9726f3b 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     <method>boolean has*(*)</method>
   </difference>
 
-  <!-- The following 7006 exemptions are related to Protobuf 4.27.4+ runtime upgrade -->
   <difference>
     <differenceType>7006</differenceType>
     <className>com/google/spanner/v1/**</className>