diff --git a/ci/test-space-egress/requirements.txt b/ci/test-space-egress/requirements.txt
index 1f7a541b..21bd748d 100644
--- a/ci/test-space-egress/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/test-space-egress/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ orderedmultidict==1.0.1
 packaging==21.0
 pathspec==0.9.0
 platformdirs==2.3.0
-protobuf==3.18.3
+protobuf==4.25.8
 psycopg2==2.9.1
 pydantic==1.10.13
 pyparsing==2.4.7