diff --git a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
index 41174ad2f..a84065814 100644
--- a/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai/generative-ai-service/hr-goal-alignment/files/requirements.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pandas==2.2.3
 pillow==11.1.0
 pip==23.2.1
 propcache==0.3.1
-protobuf==5.29.4
+protobuf==5.29.5
 psutil==7.0.0
 pyarrow==19.0.1
 pycparser==2.22