Allow using a newer version of protobuf (#1040)

* Allow using a newer version of protobuf

Will require recompiling protos

* Download a newer protoc for CI

Author: Nehal Patel

.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install tox tox-gh-actions
         pip install coveralls
-        wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.6.1/protoc-3.6.1-linux-x86_64.zip
-        unzip protoc-3.6.1-linux-x86_64.zip
+        wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v21.6/protoc-21.6-linux-x86_64.zip
+        unzip protoc-21.6-linux-x86_64.zip
         sudo cp bin/protoc /usr/bin/protoc && sudo chmod 777 /usr/bin/protoc
         sudo cp -r include/. /usr/include && sudo chmod -R +r /usr/include/google
         protoc --version

setup.py

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def run(self):
     'inflection',
     'google-auth>=1.34.0',
     'mutablerecords>=0.4.1',
-    'protobuf>=3.6.0,<4.0',
+    'protobuf>=3.6.0',
     'PyYAML>=3.13',
     'pyOpenSSL>=17.1.0',
     'requests>=2.27.1',