diff --git a/benchmarks/exhaustive-memory/requirements.txt b/benchmarks/exhaustive-memory/requirements.txt
index e92cd199..94ba3f95 100644
--- a/benchmarks/exhaustive-memory/requirements.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/exhaustive-memory/requirements.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ packaging==24.1
 pandas==2.2.2
 pillow==10.4.0
 posthog==3.5.0
-protobuf==4.25.4
+protobuf==7.34.0rc1
 py==1.11.0
 pyarrow==15.0.0
 pyasn1==0.6.0