diff --git a/layout_planner/requirements_part1.txt b/layout_planner/requirements_part1.txt
index 9e2c299..e927b37 100644
--- a/layout_planner/requirements_part1.txt
+++ b/layout_planner/requirements_part1.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ accelerate==0.27.2
 warmup_scheduler
 webdataset
 tensorboardx
-protobuf==3.20.0
+protobuf==5.29.6
 tensorboard
 torchmetrics
 clean-fid