diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dc62dcb..2f933cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ numpy==1.26.4
 Pillow==10.3.0
 praw==7.7.1
 prawcore==2.4.0
-protobuf==5.26.1
+protobuf==5.27.0
 prsaw==0.4.0
 pyasn1==0.6.0
 pyasn1-modules==0.4.0