diff --git a/RAG/src/rag_playground/requirements.txt b/RAG/src/rag_playground/requirements.txt
index e8d22682e..897a37bc8 100644
--- a/RAG/src/rag_playground/requirements.txt
+++ b/RAG/src/rag_playground/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ numpy==1.26.4
 opentelemetry-api==1.23.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc==1.23.0
 opentelemetry-sdk==1.23.0
-protobuf==4.25.3
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1
 pycountry==23.12.11
 tritonclient[all]==2.43.0
 uvicorn==0.27.1