diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index da0ee332952..b7827c7003c 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ types-docutils
 types-PyYAML
 types-Jinja2
 types-mock
-types-protobuf
+types-protobuf>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
 types-pytz
 types-requests
 types-setuptools