diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9e2ecfe4d..0d6bac600 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ omegaconf
 open-clip-torch
 
 piexif
+protobuf==3.20.0
 psutil
 pytorch_lightning
 requests
diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index 3037a395b..d6b83e78a 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ numpy==1.26.2
 omegaconf==2.2.3
 open-clip-torch==2.20.0
 piexif==1.1.3
+protobuf==3.20.0
 psutil==5.9.5
 pytorch_lightning==1.9.4
 resize-right==0.0.2