diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
index f204853d..7a28ae64 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/internal_gengo/main.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import (
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/internal/descfield"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/internal/encoding/tag"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/protogen"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/reflect/protoreflect"
 
@@ -228,11 +228,21 @@ func genImport(gen *protogen.Plugin, g *protogen.GeneratedFile, f *fileInfo, imp
 }
 
 func genFileDescriptor(gen *protogen.Plugin, g *protogen.GeneratedFile, f *fileInfo) {
+	// TODO: Replace this with v2 Clone.
+	descProto := new(descriptorpb.FileDescriptorProto)
+	b, err := proto.Marshal(f.Proto)
+	if err != nil {
+		gen.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(b, descProto); err != nil {
+		gen.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Trim the source_code_info from the descriptor.
-	// Marshal and gzip it.
-	descProto := proto.Clone(f.Proto).(*descriptorpb.FileDescriptorProto)
 	descProto.SourceCodeInfo = nil
-	b, err := proto.Marshal(descProto)
+	b, err = proto.MarshalOptions{Deterministic: true}.Marshal(descProto)
 	if err != nil {
 		gen.Error(err)
 		return
diff --git a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/testdata/annotations/annotations.pb.go.meta b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/testdata/annotations/annotations.pb.go.meta
index c9669934..8b284633 100644
--- a/cmd/protoc-gen-go/testdata/annotations/annotations.pb.go.meta
+++ b/cmd/protoc-gen-go/testdata/annotations/annotations.pb.go.meta
@@ -1 +1 @@
-annotation:<path:5 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:318 end:337 > annotation:<path:5 path:0 path:2 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:354 end:401 > annotation:<path:4 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:1562 end:1584 > annotation:<path:4 path:0 path:2 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:1595 end:1615 > annotation:<path:4 path:0 path:2 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:3170 end:3193 >
\ No newline at end of file
+annotation:{path:5 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:318 end:337} annotation:{path:5 path:0 path:2 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:354 end:401} annotation:{path:4 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:1562 end:1584} annotation:{path:4 path:0 path:2 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:1595 end:1615} annotation:{path:4 path:0 path:2 path:0 source_file:"annotations/annotations.proto" begin:3170 end:3193}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/protogen/protogen.go b/protogen/protogen.go
index cf1e8090..23bc69a2 100644
--- a/protogen/protogen.go
+++ b/protogen/protogen.go
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/encoding/textpb"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/internal/descfield"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/internal/scalar"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/reflect/protodesc"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/reflect/protoreflect"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/v2/reflect/protoregistry"
@@ -1109,7 +1110,11 @@ func (g *GeneratedFile) metaFile(content []byte) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return strings.TrimSpace(proto.CompactTextString(info)), nil
+	b, err := textpb.MarshalOptions{Compact: true}.Marshal(info)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(b), nil
 }
 
 type pathType int