diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 0770769c18c..0e51b77ffaa 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ipdb
 mypy==1.4.1
 pip-tools
 pre-commit
-protobuf>=4.0.0
+protobuf>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
 pytest~=7.4
 pytest-cov
 pytest-csv~=3.0