diff --git a/research/gemini/first_requirements.txt b/research/gemini/first_requirements.txt
index 3226cdcc9..769130dd8 100644
--- a/research/gemini/first_requirements.txt
+++ b/research/gemini/first_requirements.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ platformdirs==3.0.0
 preshed==3.0.8
 promise==2.3
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.36
-protobuf==3.20.3
+protobuf==5.29.6
 psutil==5.9.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
 ptyprocess==0.7.0
diff --git a/research/gemini/second_requirements.txt b/research/gemini/second_requirements.txt
index 349c25af4..5584e0b19 100644
--- a/research/gemini/second_requirements.txt
+++ b/research/gemini/second_requirements.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ patsy==0.5.6
 pillow==10.2.0
 portalocker==2.8.2
 promise==2.3
-protobuf==3.20.3
+protobuf==5.29.6
 psutil==5.9.7
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
 pyarrow==11.0.0