diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0332e9dcd1..073d3dbda4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         <liquibase.version>4.4.1</liquibase.version>
         <spring.version>5.3.14</spring.version>
         <spring.boot.version>2.6.1</spring.boot.version>
+        <!-- [#12884] TODO: Remove explicit upgrade of protobuf-java again when https://github.com/google/error-prone/pull/2819 is released  -->
         <errorprone.version>2.10.0</errorprone.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.16.2</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>