diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/TensorFlow.Binding.csproj b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/TensorFlow.Binding.csproj
index dd83ae65..22006661 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/TensorFlow.Binding.csproj
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/TensorFlow.Binding.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <AssemblyName>TensorFlow.NET</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Tensorflow</RootNamespace>
     <TargetTensorFlow>1.14.1</TargetTensorFlow>
-    <Version>0.14.1.1</Version>
+    <Version>0.14.2.0</Version>
     <Authors>Haiping Chen, Meinrad Recheis, Eli Belash</Authors>
     <Company>SciSharp STACK</Company>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
     <Description>Google's TensorFlow full binding in .NET Standard.
 Building, training and infering deep learning models.
 https://tensorflownet.readthedocs.io</Description>
-    <AssemblyVersion>0.14.1.1</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.14.2.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>Changes since v0.14.0:
 1: Add TransformGraphWithStringInputs.
-2: tf.trainer.load_graph, tf.trainer.freeze_graph</PackageReleaseNotes>
+2: tf.trainer.load_graph, tf.trainer.freeze_graph
+3: Import Protobuf.Text</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
-    <FileVersion>0.14.1.1</FileVersion>
+    <FileVersion>0.14.2.0</FileVersion>
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>true</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ https://tensorflownet.readthedocs.io</Description>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="3.11.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Google.Protobuf" Version="3.11.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="NumSharp" Version="0.30.0-alpha" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Protobuf.Text" Version="0.4.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Training/Saving/checkpoint_management.py.cs b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Training/Saving/checkpoint_management.py.cs
index 92550757..242464bd 100644
--- a/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Training/Saving/checkpoint_management.py.cs
+++ b/src/TensorFlowNET.Core/Training/Saving/checkpoint_management.py.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using static Tensorflow.SaverDef.Types;
 using static Tensorflow.Binding;
+using Protobuf.Text;
 
 namespace Tensorflow
 {
@@ -187,24 +188,9 @@ namespace Tensorflow
             var coord_checkpoint_filename = _GetCheckpointFilename(checkpoint_dir, latest_filename);
             if (File.Exists(coord_checkpoint_filename))
             {
-                var file_content = File.ReadAllLines(coord_checkpoint_filename);
+                var file_content = File.ReadAllText(coord_checkpoint_filename);
                 // https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/6654
-                // var ckpt = CheckpointState.Parser.ParseFrom(file_content);
-                var ckpt = new CheckpointState();
-                var field = CheckpointState.Descriptor.FindFieldByName("model_checkpoint_path");
-                ckpt.ModelCheckpointPath = file_content.FirstOrDefault(x => x.StartsWith(field.Name + ":")).Substring(field.Name.Length + 2);
-                // remove first and last quote.
-                ckpt.ModelCheckpointPath = ckpt.ModelCheckpointPath.Substring(1, ckpt.ModelCheckpointPath.Length - 2);
-
-                field = CheckpointState.Descriptor.FindFieldByName("all_model_checkpoint_paths");
-                file_content.Where(x => x.StartsWith(field.Name + ":"))
-                    .ToList()
-                    .ForEach(x =>
-                    {
-                        string value = x.Substring(field.Name.Length + 2);
-                        ckpt.AllModelCheckpointPaths.Add(value.Substring(1, value.Length - 2));
-                    });
-
+                var ckpt = CheckpointState.Parser.ParseText(file_content);
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ckpt.ModelCheckpointPath))
                     throw new ValueError($"Invalid checkpoint state loaded from {checkpoint_dir}");
                 // For relative model_checkpoint_path and all_model_checkpoint_paths,