diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 611b8bf..b635d18 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Markdown==3.2.1
 numpy==1.18.1
 oauthlib==3.1.0
 Pillow==7.0.0
-protobuf==3.11.3
+protobuf==3.18.3
 pyasn1==0.4.8
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.8
 requests==2.23.0