diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index 4c35dcb0b6f..b231ff4e1ff 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ networkx>=1.8.1
 nose>=1.3.0
 pandas>=0.12.0
 python-dateutil>=1.4,<2
-protobuf>=2.5.0
+protobuf>=4.25.8
 python-gflags>=2.0