diff --git a/requirements-opt.txt b/requirements-opt.txt
index 480792d334..766e55f883 100644
--- a/requirements-opt.txt
+++ b/requirements-opt.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ psutil==5.6.7
 
 # checks.d/kubernetes_state.py -> used in utils/prometheus/*
 # Pure python module for dev purposes, the Agent is shipped with the optimized version built with --cpp_implementation
-protobuf==3.5.1
+protobuf==7.34.1