diff --git a/repos/lopq/python/requirements.txt b/repos/lopq/python/requirements.txt
index 4c7bd1806..3d2e92751 100644
--- a/repos/lopq/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/repos/lopq/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 nose>=1.3.4
-protobuf>=2.6
+protobuf>=4.25.8
 scikit-learn>=0.15
 lmdb>=0.87
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