diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a440c8ab..a20b82b5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packaging==19.0
 pandas==0.24.1
 Pillow==5.4.1
 pluggy==0.9.0
-protobuf==3.7.0
+protobuf==3.18.3
 py==1.8.0
 pylint==2.3.1
 PyMySQL==0.9.3