diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dc820be..97fd614 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mysql-connector-python==8.0.29
 numpy==1.19.5
 outcome==1.1.0
 pip==21.0.1
-protobuf==4.21.1
+protobuf==5.29.6
 pycparser==2.21
 pyOpenSSL==21.0.0
 python-Levenshtein==0.12.2