diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4fe2a71..09b23f6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mypy-extensions==0.4.3
 mysql-connector-python==9.1.0
 pathspec==0.8.1
 Pillow==10.3.0
-protobuf==3.18.3
+protobuf==4.25.8
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
 pycparser==2.20
 python-decouple==3.4