diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d4d0ac5..b5bacae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20190328170749-bb2674552d8f // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/kubernetes-sigs/container-object-storage-interface-api v0.0.0-20201210173615-0c3244fa34b9
+	github.com/kubernetes-sigs/container-object-storage-interface-api v0.0.0-20210120011359-1e91ae41e243
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.6 // indirect
 	github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index df32efa..a5f29fe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/kubernetes-sigs/container-object-storage-interface-api v0.0.0-20201210173615-0c3244fa34b9 h1:1Zmlu1GKd1iIv9fdc1mkaTuUtoNqet4NLYLE/8p9ylw=
-github.com/kubernetes-sigs/container-object-storage-interface-api v0.0.0-20201210173615-0c3244fa34b9/go.mod h1:C7tjzC+nLe7H7+3UM/Z6a7F24yxOO8FSK3ZaVZrKDPQ=
+github.com/kubernetes-sigs/container-object-storage-interface-api v0.0.0-20210120011359-1e91ae41e243 h1:iOEsQYg/QXxzYP10JaLtoQWdlGG3OS/a3sOYsrDXwdE=
+github.com/kubernetes-sigs/container-object-storage-interface-api v0.0.0-20210120011359-1e91ae41e243/go.mod h1:C7tjzC+nLe7H7+3UM/Z6a7F24yxOO8FSK3ZaVZrKDPQ=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1 h1:ZC2Vc7/ZFkGmsVC9KvOjumD+G5lXy2RtTKyzRKO2BQ4=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
diff --git a/pkg/bucketaccessrequest/bucketaccessrequest_test.go b/pkg/bucketaccessrequest/bucketaccessrequest_test.go
index d9b77f1..3cbf2ee 100644
--- a/pkg/bucketaccessrequest/bucketaccessrequest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bucketaccessrequest/bucketaccessrequest_test.go
@@ -71,11 +71,7 @@ var bucketRequest1 = types.BucketRequest{
 		UID:       "br-12345",
 	},
 	Spec: types.BucketRequestSpec{
-		BucketPrefix: "cosi",
-		Protocol: types.RequestedProtocol{
-			Name:    "s3",
-			Version: "",
-		},
+		BucketPrefix:       "cosi",
 		BucketClassName:    "classgold",
 		BucketInstanceName: "cosi1234567890",
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest.go b/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest.go
index 1226845..b5e2099 100644
--- a/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest.go
+++ b/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest.go
@@ -116,11 +116,9 @@ func (b *bucketRequestListener) provisionBucketRequestOperation(ctx context.Cont
 		Namespace: bucketRequest.Namespace,
 		UID:       bucketRequest.ObjectMeta.UID}
 	bucket.Spec.AllowedNamespaces = util.CopyStrings(bucketClass.AllowedNamespaces)
+	bucket.Spec.Protocol = *bucketClass.Protocol.DeepCopy()
 	bucket.Spec.Parameters = util.CopySS(bucketClass.Parameters)
 
-	// TODO have a switch statement to populate appropriate protocol based on BR.Protocol
-	bucket.Spec.Protocol.RequestedProtocol = bucketRequest.Spec.Protocol
-
 	bucket, err = b.bucketClient.ObjectstorageV1alpha1().Buckets().Create(context.Background(), bucket, metav1.CreateOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
diff --git a/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest_test.go b/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest_test.go
index 0914aba..8134e63 100644
--- a/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bucketrequest/bucketrequest_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var goldClass = types.BucketClass{
 	},
 	AllowedNamespaces:    []string{"default", "cosins"},
 	Parameters:           classGoldParameters,
-	Protocol:             "s3",
+	Protocol:             types.Protocol{Name: "s3"},
 	IsDefaultBucketClass: false,
 }
 
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ var bucketRequest1 = types.BucketRequest{
 		UID:       "12345-67890",
 	},
 	Spec: types.BucketRequestSpec{
-		BucketPrefix: "cosi",
-		Protocol: types.RequestedProtocol{
-			Name:    "s3",
-			Version: "",
-		},
+		BucketPrefix:    "cosi",
 		BucketClassName: "classgold",
 	},
 }
@@ -63,11 +59,7 @@ var bucketRequest2 = types.BucketRequest{
 		UID:       "abcde-fghijk",
 	},
 	Spec: types.BucketRequestSpec{
-		BucketPrefix: "cosi",
-		Protocol: types.RequestedProtocol{
-			Name:    "s3",
-			Version: "",
-		},
+		BucketPrefix:    "cosi",
 		BucketClassName: "classgold",
 	},
 }