diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 52ab4e62e..f7a92a6a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "loguru>=0.7.3,<0.8",
     "opensimplex>=0.3,<0.4",
     "pillow>=10.0.1,<13",
-    "protobuf>=4.25.8,<8",
+    "protobuf>=7.34.1,<8",
     "requests>=2.4.2,<3",
     "six>=1.15,<1.18",
     "tensorflow>=2.20.0,<3",