diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 179ced58b..6383be420 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ pytest==7.1.3
 pytest-cov==4.1.0
 readme-renderer==42.0
 bleach==4.1.0 # transient dependency for readme-renderer
-protobuf~=3.13
+protobuf~=5.29.5
 markupsafe>=2.0.1
 codespell==2.1.0
 requests==2.32.4
 ruamel.yaml==0.17.21
 flaky==3.7.0
-botocore==1.34.67
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+botocore==1.34.67