diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index c62ae2662..44b7e9721 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 beautifulsoup4>=4.6
 numpy==1.21.5
 pandas==1.3.5
-protobuf==3.20.1
+protobuf==5.28.2
 requests==2.28.1
 importlib_metadata<5.0