diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index bb2a3626facf..0a4dc68afb41 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 
+* The Java artifacts "beam-sdks-java-io-kinesis", "beam-sdks-java-io-google-cloud-platform", and
+  "beam-sdks-java-extensions-sql-zetasql" declare Guava 30.1-jre dependency (It was 25.1-jre in Beam 2.27.0).
+  This new Guava version may introduce dependency conflicts if your project or dependencies rely
+  on removed APIs. If affected, ensure to use an appropriate Guava version via `dependencyManagement` in Maven and
+  `force` in Gradle.
 * X behavior was changed ([BEAM-X](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-X)).
 
 ## Deprecations
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index 68b56393aa6c..dbf81b020c58 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 """
   static AtomicInteger startingExpansionPortNumber = new AtomicInteger(18091)
 
+  /** List of paths to the projects that require Guava 25. Hadoop and Cassandra have dependency to
+   * methods available in the old Guava version (BEAM-11626) */
+  static List<String> guava25Projects = [
+    ":sdks:java:io:cassandra",
+    ":sdks:java:io:hadoop-format",
+    ":sdks:java:io:hadoop-file-system",
+  ]
+
   /** A class defining the set of configurable properties accepted by applyJavaNature. */
   class JavaNatureConfiguration {
     /** Controls whether the spotbugs plugin is enabled and configured. */
@@ -436,7 +444,7 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     def google_oauth_clients_version = "1.31.0"
     // Try to keep grpc_version consistent with gRPC version in google_cloud_platform_libraries_bom
     def grpc_version = "1.32.2"
-    def guava_version = "25.1-jre"
+    def guava_version = guava25Projects.contains(project.path) ? "25.1-jre" : "30.1-jre"
     def hadoop_version = "2.10.1"
     def hamcrest_version = "2.1"
     def influxdb_version = "2.19"