diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 7ba1890075..9e2bcf907f 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ pyDeprecate >0.2.0
 pandas >1.1.0, <=2.0.3
 jsonargparse[signatures] >=4.22.0, <4.23.0
 click >=7.1.2, <8.2.0
-protobuf <=3.20.1
+protobuf <4.25.0
 fsspec[http] >=2022.5.0,<=2023.9.0
 lightning-utilities >=0.4.1