diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4431806248..161b41cec1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3821,9 +3821,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "protobuf"
-version = "2.28.0"
+version = "3.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "106dd99e98437432fed6519dedecfade6a06a73bb7b2a1e019fdd2bee5778d94"
+checksum = "d65a1d4ddae7d8b5de68153b48f6aa3bba8cb002b243dbdbc55a5afbc98f99f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "protobuf-support",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf-support"
+version = "3.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e36c2f31e0a47f9280fb347ef5e461ffcd2c52dd520d8e216b52f93b0b0d7d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quanta"
@@ -5694,9 +5708,9 @@ checksum = "56199f7ddabf13fe5074ce809e7d3f42b42ae711800501b5b16ea82ad029c39d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
-version = "0.4.10"
+version = "0.4.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04dc19736151f35336d325007ac991178d504a119863a2fcb3758cdb5e52c50d"
+checksum = "7a2ae44ef20feb57a68b23d846850f861394c2e02dc425a50098ae8c90267589"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slog"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7630afc160..34015a949e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ papaya = "0.2.1"
 pest_derive = "2.7"
 portpicker = "0.1"
 prettyplease = "0.2"
-protobuf = "2.28"
+protobuf = "3.7"
 quote = "1.0"
 rand = "0.8"
 regex = "1.4"