diff --git a/el9/Dockerfile b/el9/Dockerfile
index 9d4fa17..6028b39 100644
--- a/el9/Dockerfile
+++ b/el9/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ RUN dnf -y install \
     perl-FindBin \
     python3-pip \
     procps-ng \
-    protobuf-compiler \
     systemd \
     vim \
     wget \
@@ -31,6 +30,10 @@ RUN dnf -y install \
 
 RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 
+COPY el9/get-protoc.sh /get-protoc.sh
+
+RUN /get-protoc.sh
+
 WORKDIR /
 
 COPY get-cmake.sh /get-cmake.sh
diff --git a/el9/get-protoc.sh b/el9/get-protoc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4181b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/el9/get-protoc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd /tmp
+
+PB_REL="https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases"
+VSN="33.1"
+
+case $(uname -m) in
+  x86_64)
+    ARCH="x86_64"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    ARCH="aarch_64"
+    ;;
+esac
+
+curl -LO "$PB_REL/download/v$VSN/protoc-$VSN-linux-$ARCH.zip"
+unzip "protoc-$VSN-linux-$ARCH.zip" -d /usr/local/bin