diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd16759..628fbd2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ numpy==2.1.0
 Pillow==10.4.0
 praw==7.7.1
 prawcore==2.4.0
-protobuf==5.27.3
+protobuf==5.27.4
 prsaw==0.4.0
 pyasn1==0.6.0
 pyasn1-modules==0.4.0