diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f7f3cb4..7b73ab0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ psutil
 matplotlib
 scikit-learn
 sentencepiece
-protobuf==3.20.3
+protobuf==4.25.8
 peft
 sacremoses
 wandb