diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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new mode 100644
index 8aa97f7fbd..08339873f9
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pip-tools>=6.12.1
 pyparsing==2.4.5
 einops==0.3.2
 pycocotools==2.0.6
-protobuf==3.20.3
+protobuf==5.29.6
 treelib==1.6.1
 termcolor==1.1.0
 packaging>=20.4