diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6e4d82..90f9048 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "numba>=0.59.1",
     "numpy>=1.26.2",
     "openai>=1.23.2",
-    "protobuf==4.25.8",
+    "protobuf==7.34.0rc1",
     "requests>=2.31.0",
     "spacy>=3.7.4",
     "tiktoken>=0.7.0",