diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7b95b1b6..05b4f82f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy==1.18.2
-protobuf==3.6.1
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1
 pandas==1.0.3
 xlrd==1.1.0
 boxcars-py==0.1.*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6babf638..3a33461b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def run(self):
     version=version_string,
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=['pandas==1.0.3', 'protobuf==3.6.1', 'xlrd==1.1.0', 'numpy==1.18.2', 'boxcars-py==0.1.*'],
+    install_requires=['pandas==1.0.3', 'protobuf==7.34.0rc1', 'xlrd==1.1.0', 'numpy==1.18.2', 'boxcars-py==0.1.*'],
     url='https://github.com/SaltieRL/carball',
     keywords=['rocket-league'],
     license='Apache 2.0',