diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1e7f4db..6a05f7e2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "grpcio>=1.60",
     "grpcio-tools>=1.60",
     "grpcio_reflection>=1.7.0",
+    "protobuf>=6.31.1",
 ]
 
 classifiers = [