From d778d2cd7aa7691d3ca1301338d5cc38b2af31fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:25:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bump protobuf from 3.20.3 to 5.29.6

Bumps [protobuf](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf) from 3.20.3 to 5.29.6.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commits)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: protobuf
  dependency-version: 5.29.6
  dependency-type: direct:production
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 setup.py              | 2 +-
 test-requirements.txt | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b189fcc..db10ecab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def run(self):
 requirements = [
     'numpy',
     'packaging',
-    'protobuf>=3.8.0,<4',
+    'protobuf>=3.8.0,<6',
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b966321c..fd21df49 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ flake8
 pytest
 torch
 torchvision
-protobuf==3.20.3
+protobuf==5.29.6
 numpy==1.22.0
 tensorboard
 boto3