diff --git a/WQPS/requirements.txt b/WQPS/requirements.txt
index fbc755c..fa15e9b 100644
--- a/WQPS/requirements.txt
+++ b/WQPS/requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pbr==5.1.3
 pexpect==4.6.0
 pickleshare==0.7.5
 prompt-toolkit==2.0.9
-protobuf==3.7.0
+protobuf==3.18.3
 ptyprocess==0.6.0
 Pygments==2.3.1
 PyMySQL==0.9.3