diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic.yml
index f1833a830bc26..9a8644b375e60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
             ci
             cli
             codecs
+            codecs protobuf
             compression
             config
             core
diff --git a/changelog.d/proto_codecs.enhancement.md b/changelog.d/proto_codecs.enhancement.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4c6f3909949a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/proto_codecs.enhancement.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The `protobuf` codecs now support all telemetry data types (logs, metrics, traces).
+
+authors: pront
diff --git a/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/protobuf.rs b/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/protobuf.rs
index 26330028d26aa..cacd7912b9cbc 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/protobuf.rs
+++ b/lib/codecs/src/decoding/format/protobuf.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl ProtobufDeserializerConfig {
 
     /// Return the type of event build by this deserializer.
     pub fn output_type(&self) -> DataType {
-        DataType::Log
+        DataType::all_bits()
     }
 
     /// The schema produced by the deserializer.
diff --git a/lib/codecs/src/encoding/format/protobuf.rs b/lib/codecs/src/encoding/format/protobuf.rs
index c014a529455e1..9d65ede9f7f60 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/src/encoding/format/protobuf.rs
+++ b/lib/codecs/src/encoding/format/protobuf.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl ProtobufSerializerConfig {
 
     /// The data type of events that are accepted by `ProtobufSerializer`.
     pub fn input_type(&self) -> DataType {
-        DataType::Log
+        DataType::all_bits()
     }
 
     /// The schema required by the serializer.