diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2213d31..21332ba0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "loguru>=0.7.3,<0.8",
     "opensimplex>=0.3,<0.4",
     "pillow>=12.3.0,<13",
-    "protobuf>=7.36.0,<8",
+    "protobuf>=7.36.2,<8",
     "requests>=2.34.2,<3",
     "tensorflow>=2.21.0,<3",
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a403fc4c..8a06b015 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ h5py>=3.11.0,<3.15.0
 loguru>=0.7.3,<0.8
 opensimplex>=0.3,<0.4
 pillow>=12.3.0,<13
-protobuf>=7.36.0,<8
+protobuf>=7.36.2,<8
 requests>=2.34.2,<3
 six>=1.17.0,<1.18
 tensorflow>=2.20.0,<3