diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 009bed0..9588403 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Pillow==7.2.0
 playsound==1.2.2
 prometheus-client==0.7.1
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.5
-protobuf==3.12.2
+protobuf==3.18.3
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.8
 pycparser==2.20