diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 112d8326e..a3d8186ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyfiglet==0.8.post1",
     "termcolor==2.3.0",
     "psutil==5.9.5",
+    "protobuf==4.24.1",
 ]
 
 dynamic = ["version"]