diff --git a/gemma2/requirements.txt b/gemma2/requirements.txt
index 67a5814ea6..60c9eb9e9d 100644
--- a/gemma2/requirements.txt
+++ b/gemma2/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 google-cloud-aiplatform==1.158.0
-protobuf==6.33.6
+protobuf==7.35.1