diff --git a/examples/grpc-bridge/client/requirements.txt b/examples/grpc-bridge/client/requirements.txt
index c6c2fd2fa343c..47fcce726e441 100644
--- a/examples/grpc-bridge/client/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/grpc-bridge/client/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 requests>=2.22.0
 grpcio
 grpcio-tools
-protobuf==3.17.3
+protobuf==3.20.0