diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e0a5fac..66a4f07 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "holidays>=0.45",
     "zipp>=4.1.0",
     "nltk>=3.10.0",
-    "protobuf>=4.25.8",
+    "protobuf>=7.35.1",
     "urllib3>=2.5.0",
     "starlette>=0.49.1",
     "soupsieve>=2.8.4",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6e5c21d..559ae22 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fonttools>=4.43.0
 holidays>=0.45
 zipp>=4.1.0
 nltk>=3.10.0
-protobuf>=4.25.8
+protobuf>=7.35.1
 urllib3>=2.5.0
 starlette>=0.49.1
 soupsieve>=2.8.4