diff --git a/install/requirements.txt b/install/requirements.txt
index 22b8e2bfd..1b0ef02e6 100644
--- a/install/requirements.txt
+++ b/install/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pytest-xdist==3.8.0
 scipy==1.15.1
 scikit-learn==1.7.2
 GitPython==3.1.50
-protobuf==5.29.6
+protobuf==7.35.0
 exclusiveprocess==0.9.4
 pytest-dependency==0.6.0
 whois==1.20240129.2