diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/build.gradle.kts b/exporters/prometheus/build.gradle.kts
index 16740f353dc..492c7085ba7 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-exporter-httpserver") {
     exclude(group = "io.prometheus", module = "prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats")
   }
-  implementation("io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-exposition-textformats")
+  implementation("io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-no-protobuf")
 
   compileOnly("com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations")
 
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ dependencies {
 
   testImplementation(project(":sdk:testing"))
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto")
-  testImplementation("io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-no-protobuf")
   testImplementation("com.sun.net.httpserver:http")
   testImplementation("com.google.guava:guava")
   testImplementation("com.linecorp.armeria:armeria")
diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java b/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java
index 2b1f27b8a3e..791c46165ef 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServerTest.java
@@ -239,6 +239,25 @@ void fetchOpenMetrics() {
                 + "# EOF\n");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void fetchProtobuf() {
+    AggregatedHttpResponse response =
+        client
+            .execute(
+                RequestHeaders.of(
+                    HttpMethod.GET,
+                    "/metrics",
+                    HttpHeaderNames.ACCEPT,
+                    "Accept: application/vnd.google.protobuf;proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily"))
+            .aggregate()
+            .join();
+    assertThat(response.status()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+    assertThat(response.headers().get(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE))
+        .isEqualTo(
+            "application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily; encoding=delimited");
+    // don't decode the protobuf, just verify it doesn't throw an exception
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("ConcatenationWithEmptyString")
   @Test
   void fetchFiltered() {
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
index 72d6b88bec6..3d54ea736c4 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/build.gradle.kts
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ testing {
         implementation(project(":exporters:logging-otlp"))
         implementation(project(":exporters:otlp:all"))
         implementation(project(":exporters:prometheus"))
-        implementation("io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-exporter-httpserver")
+        implementation("io.prometheus:prometheus-metrics-exporter-httpserver") {
+          exclude(group = "io.prometheus", module = "prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats")
+        }
         implementation(project(":exporters:zipkin"))
         implementation(project(":sdk:testing"))
         implementation(project(":sdk:trace-shaded-deps"))