diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 61e5ee5..75be739 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pillow==11.2.1
 platformdirs==4.3.8
 pre_commit==4.2.0
 propcache==0.3.1
-protobuf==6.31.0
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1
 pyarrow==20.0.0
 pybind11==2.13.6
 pycparser==2.22