diff --git a/onnxruntime/python/tools/transformers/models/whisper/requirements.txt b/onnxruntime/python/tools/transformers/models/whisper/requirements.txt
index 689b14ea9a684..6d09ea95e62bb 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/python/tools/transformers/models/whisper/requirements.txt
+++ b/onnxruntime/python/tools/transformers/models/whisper/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ librosa
 optimum
 onnxruntime-extensions>=0.9.0
 onnx==1.16.1
-protobuf==3.20.2
+protobuf==5.29.6
 numpy==1.23.3
 psutil
 py3nvml