diff --git a/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle b/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle
index 92accde03..8f6510f55 100644
--- a/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle
+++ b/android/plugins/retrofit2-protobuf/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ android {
         implementation project(':network-plugin')
         implementation deps.protobuf
         implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.9.0"
-        implementation "com.github.hbmartin:protobuf_java_to_protobufjs:0.1.0"
+        implementation "com.github.hbmartin:protobuf_java_to_protobufjs:0.2.0"
         compileOnly deps.jsr305
     }
 }
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/network/ProtobufDefinitionsRepository.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/network/ProtobufDefinitionsRepository.tsx
index bd968cff1..814a7834d 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/network/ProtobufDefinitionsRepository.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/network/ProtobufDefinitionsRepository.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ export class ProtobufDefinitionsRepository {
     }
   }
 
+  public hasDefinition(method: string, path: string): boolean {
+    return this.rawDefinitions.hasOwnProperty(this.key(method, path));
+  }
+
   private generateRoots(key: string) {
     if (key in this.cachedDecodedDefinitions) {
       return;
diff --git a/desktop/plugins/public/network/RequestDetails.tsx b/desktop/plugins/public/network/RequestDetails.tsx
index 58e071121..0f03ad16d 100644
--- a/desktop/plugins/public/network/RequestDetails.tsx
+++ b/desktop/plugins/public/network/RequestDetails.tsx
@@ -670,7 +670,11 @@ class ProtobufFormatter {
   formatRequest(request: Request) {
     if (
       getHeaderValue(request.requestHeaders, 'content-type') ===
-      'application/x-protobuf'
+        'application/x-protobuf' ||
+      this.protobufDefinitionRepository.hasDefinition(
+        request.method,
+        request.url,
+      )
     ) {
       const protobufDefinition =
         this.protobufDefinitionRepository.getRequestType(
@@ -681,7 +685,9 @@ class ProtobufFormatter {
         return (
           <Text>
             Could not locate protobuf definition for request body of{' '}
-            {request.url}
+            {request.url} <br />
+            Please send ProtobufJS definitions with the plugin's
+            addProtobufDefinitions method.
           </Text>
         );
       }
@@ -704,7 +710,11 @@ class ProtobufFormatter {
     if (
       getHeaderValue(request.responseHeaders, 'content-type') ===
         'application/x-protobuf' ||
-      request.url.endsWith('.proto')
+      request.url.endsWith('.proto') ||
+      this.protobufDefinitionRepository.hasDefinition(
+        request.method,
+        request.url,
+      )
     ) {
       const protobufDefinition =
         this.protobufDefinitionRepository.getResponseType(
@@ -715,7 +725,9 @@ class ProtobufFormatter {
         return (
           <Text>
             Could not locate protobuf definition for response body of{' '}
-            {request.url}
+            {request.url} <br />
+            Please send ProtobufJS definitions with the plugin's
+            addProtobufDefinitions method.
           </Text>
         );
       }