diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1052d732..a4d981b8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Pillow==5.2.0
 pluggy==0.7.1
 prometheus-client==0.3.0
 prompt-toolkit==1.0.15
-protobuf==3.6.0
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1
 ptyprocess==0.6.0
 py==1.5.4
 pygame==1.9.4