diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cc91665..bcbd2f4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ spacytextblob==5.1.0
 # python -m textblob.download_corpora
 fastcoref==2.1.6
 faiss-cpu==1.12.0
-protobuf==6.33.0  # needed for pydantic BaseModel
+protobuf==6.33.5  # needed for pydantic BaseModel