diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3308d63..826f667 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ colorama==0.3.9
 seaborn==0.9.0
 ipython==7.5.0
 python-dotenv==0.10.3
-protobuf==3.8.0
+protobuf==3.18.3
 scikit_learn==0.21.2
 unicode_slugify==0.1.3