diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2b5e3b..5cf0b63 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "crossplane-function-sdk-python==0.11.0",
   "click==8.3.1",
   "grpcio==1.76.0",
-  "protobuf==6.33.5"
+  "protobuf==7.34.1"
 ]
 
 dynamic = ["version"]