diff --git a/dev/src/reference.ts b/dev/src/reference.ts
index 28463491a..cbeca3a71 100644
--- a/dev/src/reference.ts
+++ b/dev/src/reference.ts
@@ -1847,6 +1847,15 @@ export class Query<T = firestore.DocumentData> implements firestore.Query<T> {
       return this._queryOptions.fieldOrders;
     }
 
+    // TODO(b/296435819): Remove this warning message.
+    if (cursorValuesOrDocumentSnapshot[0] instanceof DocumentReference) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.warn(
+        `Warning: Passing DocumentReference into a cursor without orderBy clause is not an intended
+        behavior. Please use DocumentSnapshot or add an explicit orderBy on document key field.`
+      );
+    }
+
     const fieldOrders = this._queryOptions.fieldOrders.slice();
     const fieldsNormalized = new Set([
       ...fieldOrders.map(item => item.field.toString()),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d6b0678d..693b18888 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
     "functional-red-black-tree": "^1.0.1",
     "google-gax": "^3.5.7",
-    "protobufjs": "^7.0.0"
+    "protobufjs": "^7.2.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/assert": "^1.4.0",
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
     "extend": "^3.0.2",
     "gts": "^3.1.0",
     "jsdoc": "^4.0.0",
-    "jsdoc-fresh": "^2.0.0",
-    "jsdoc-region-tag": "^2.0.0",
+    "jsdoc-fresh": "^3.0.0",
+    "jsdoc-region-tag": "^3.0.0",
     "length-prefixed-json-stream": "^1.0.1",
     "linkinator": "^5.0.0",
     "mocha": "^9.2.2",
-    "protobufjs-cli": "^1.0.0",
+    "protobufjs-cli": "^1.1.2",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
     "sinon": "^15.0.0",
     "through2": "^4.0.0",