diff --git a/src/pipeline/backend/huggingface/whisper/requirements.txt b/src/pipeline/backend/huggingface/whisper/requirements.txt
index 6d2da522..b7f0eca7 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/backend/huggingface/whisper/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/pipeline/backend/huggingface/whisper/requirements.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pexpect==4.9.0
 pillow==10.3.0
 pooch==1.8.2
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.38
-protobuf==4.25.8
+protobuf==5.29.6
 psutil==5.9.8
 ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pure-eval==0.2.2