diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0eb44fb82c..f4655b9654 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -e git+https://github.com/tejado/pgoapi.git#egg=pgoapi
 geopy==1.11.0
-protobuf==3.0.0b4
+protobuf==3.18.3
 requests==2.10.0
 s2sphere==0.2.4
 gpsoauth==0.3.0