SDK-2648 updated version of protobuf

Author: mehmet-yoti

.github/workflows/sonar.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install -e .[dev]
 
       - run: pytest --cov=yoti_python_sdk yoti_python_sdk/tests --cov-report=xml:coverage-reports/coverage-new.xml
+        env:
+          PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION: python
 
       - run: sed -i 's@'$GITHUB_WORKSPACE'@/github/workspace/@g' coverage-reports/coverage-new.xml
 

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: pip install -e .[dev]
 
       - run: pytest -v
+        env:
+          PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION: python
 
   examples:
     name: Check Examples

requirements.in

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cffi>=1.16.0
 future>=0.18.3
 itsdangerous>=2.1.2
 pbr>=5.11.1
-protobuf==4.21.12
+protobuf>=4.21.12
 pyopenssl>=24.0.0
 PyYAML>=6.0
 pytz>=2025.2

setup.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
         "asn1==2.2.0",  # still pinned due to enum34 issue
         "cryptography>=42.0.0",
-        "protobuf==4.21.12",
+        "protobuf>=4.21.12",
         "requests>=2.31.0",
         "pyopenssl>=24.0.0",
         "pytz>=2025.2",