From 2144914fd0ce45be3b9bb716336a97b12532408b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Andreassa?= <andreassa@google.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:45:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Test Protocol Buffers v36.0-rc1

Do not merge, used for testing purposes only
---
 gapic-generator-ads/Gemfile.lock        | 4 ++--
 gapic-generator-cloud/Gemfile.lock      | 4 ++--
 gapic-generator/Gemfile.lock            | 4 ++--
 gapic-generator/gapic-generator.gemspec | 2 +-
 shared/Gemfile                          | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gapic-generator-ads/Gemfile.lock b/gapic-generator-ads/Gemfile.lock
index 92e3419a7..671a438aa 100644
--- a/gapic-generator-ads/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/gapic-generator-ads/Gemfile.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PATH
       actionpack (~> 8.0)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.0)
       google-cloud-common (~> 1.2)
-      google-protobuf (~> 4.30)
+      google-protobuf (>= 4.36.0.rc.1, < 5.0)
       google-style (~> 1.32.0)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.9)
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ GEM
     google-cloud-common (1.10.0)
       google-protobuf (>= 3.18, < 5.a)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.20)
-    google-protobuf (4.35.1-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+    google-protobuf (4.36.0.rc.1-x86_64-linux-gnu)
       bigdecimal
       rake (~> 13.3)
     google-style (1.32.0)
diff --git a/gapic-generator-cloud/Gemfile.lock b/gapic-generator-cloud/Gemfile.lock
index 9cf592e3c..409049a96 100644
--- a/gapic-generator-cloud/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/gapic-generator-cloud/Gemfile.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PATH
       actionpack (~> 8.0)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.0)
       google-cloud-common (~> 1.2)
-      google-protobuf (~> 4.30)
+      google-protobuf (>= 4.36.0.rc.1, < 5.0)
       google-style (~> 1.32.0)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.9)
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ GEM
     google-cloud-common (1.10.0)
       google-protobuf (>= 3.18, < 5.a)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.20)
-    google-protobuf (4.35.1-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+    google-protobuf (4.36.0.rc.1-x86_64-linux-gnu)
       bigdecimal
       rake (~> 13.3)
     google-style (1.32.0)
diff --git a/gapic-generator/Gemfile.lock b/gapic-generator/Gemfile.lock
index 4fb97308a..611648515 100644
--- a/gapic-generator/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/gapic-generator/Gemfile.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PATH
       actionpack (~> 8.0)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.0)
       google-cloud-common (~> 1.2)
-      google-protobuf (~> 4.30)
+      google-protobuf (>= 4.36.0.rc.1, < 5.0)
       google-style (~> 1.32.0)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.9)
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ GEM
     google-cloud-common (1.10.0)
       google-protobuf (>= 3.18, < 5.a)
       googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.20)
-    google-protobuf (4.35.1-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+    google-protobuf (4.36.0.rc.1-x86_64-linux-gnu)
       bigdecimal
       rake (~> 13.3)
     google-style (1.32.0)
diff --git a/gapic-generator/gapic-generator.gemspec b/gapic-generator/gapic-generator.gemspec
index 30a173f39..e3b39852c 100644
--- a/gapic-generator/gapic-generator.gemspec
+++ b/gapic-generator/gapic-generator.gemspec
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency "bigdecimal", "~> 3.0"
   spec.add_dependency "googleapis-common-protos-types", "~> 1.9"
   spec.add_dependency "google-cloud-common", "~> 1.2"
-  spec.add_dependency "google-protobuf", "~> 4.30"
+  spec.add_dependency "google-protobuf", ">= 4.36.0.rc.1", "< 5.0"
   spec.add_dependency "google-style", "~> 1.32.0"
 end
diff --git a/shared/Gemfile b/shared/Gemfile
index 22c8f7b6b..3387f473f 100644
--- a/shared/Gemfile
+++ b/shared/Gemfile
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ gem "minitest-autotest", "~> 1.0"
 gem "minitest-focus", "~> 1.0"
 gem "ostruct", "0.6.3"
 gem "rake", ">= 12.0"
+
+gem "google-protobuf", "4.36.0.rc.1"