diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/marian-mt/python/requirements.txt b/candle-examples/examples/marian-mt/python/requirements.txt
index 2eabc6d258..4a73fb4359 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/marian-mt/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/marian-mt/python/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ idna==3.10
 joblib==1.4.2
 numpy==2.2.4
 packaging==24.2
-protobuf==6.30.2
+protobuf==6.33.5
 pyyaml==6.0.2
 regex==2024.11.6
 requests==2.32.3