diff --git a/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml b/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml
index 069b06406..085008abc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
 
       # update the version in these places manually when Dependabot proposes a change to it here:
       # 1. the version in main.yml used to install protoc
-      - uses: protocolbuffers/protobuf@v24.3
+      - uses: protocolbuffers/protobuf@v24.4