Compilation issue with protoc-osx-aarch_64.exe (com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.9.1)

[vijaykmurug]

While trying to compile the code , ran into the following error:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':endpoints-management-protos:generateProto'.

Could not resolve all files for configuration ':endpoints-management-protos:protobufToolsLocator_protoc'.
Could not find protoc-osx-aarch_64.exe (com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.9.1).
Searched in the following locations:
https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/google/protobuf/protoc/3.9.1/protoc-3.9.1-osx-aarch_64.exe

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BUILD FAILED in 3s
4 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 3 up-to-date

on the Apple M4 Pro MAC laptop

Protoc should dependencies should pull the dependencies for the aarch_64 architecture