diff --git a/recommendation_pipeline/requirements.txt b/recommendation_pipeline/requirements.txt
index ababc72..ad7cad2 100644
--- a/recommendation_pipeline/requirements.txt
+++ b/recommendation_pipeline/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ numpy==2.4.6
 packaging==26.2
 pandas==3.0.3
 pluggy==1.6.0
-protobuf==6.33.5
+protobuf==7.35.1
 pydantic==2.12.5
 pydantic_core==2.41.5
 Pygments==2.20.0