diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e26bf9dea..bb338df78 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ dev = [
   "antlr4-python3-runtime>=4.13.2,<5",
   "editorconfig-checker>=3.6.1,<4",
   "ruff>=0.8.0,<1",
-  "protobuf==6.33.1",
+  "protobuf==7.35.0",
   "pytest>=9.0.3,<10",
   "pyyaml>=6.0.3,<7",
   "mdutils>=1.8.1,<2",