diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d9315d17..38fd4130 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ gradio==3.50.2
 openai==0.28.0
 anthropic==0.5.0
 sentencepiece==0.1.99
-protobuf==3.19.0
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1
 wandb
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6322910d..6895b420 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         'openai==0.28.0',
         'anthropic==0.5.0',
         'sentencepiece==0.1.99',
-        'protobuf==3.19.0',
+        'protobuf==7.34.0rc1',
         'wandb'
     ],
     classifiers=[