diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c1be117..bfdff3e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def run(self):
         "netifaces==0.10.9",
         "numpy",
         "paramiko",
-        "protobuf==3.11.0",
+        "protobuf==5.29.6",
         "pyyaml",
         # "tensorflow-gpu>=1.15,<=2.1",  # TF Version dynamic check at importing
     ],