diff --git a/sdk/python/dev-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/dev-requirements.txt
index 31717370c01..850cede5022 100644
--- a/sdk/python/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ tensorflow-hub==0.15.0
 transformers==4.34.0
 keras==2.9
 jupyter-client==7.4.9
-protobuf==3.20.1