diff --git a/microservices/utils/requirements-test.txt b/microservices/utils/requirements-test.txt
index 879fd816..bea49363 100644
--- a/microservices/utils/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/microservices/utils/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pylint==2.15.10
 mock==4.0.3
 pytest==6.2.5
-protobuf==3.19.5
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1
 google-cloud-logging==3.1.2
 google-cloud-secret-manager==2.11.1
 pytest-cov==4.0.0
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diff --git a/microservices/utils/requirements.txt b/microservices/utils/requirements.txt
index 9173263b..8dbacd52 100644
--- a/microservices/utils/requirements.txt
+++ b/microservices/utils/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ firebase-admin==3.2.0
 jsonschema==3.2.0
 google-cloud-core==1.3.0
 google-cloud-logging==1.15.1
-protobuf==3.19.5
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1