diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3ae0626..dffa402 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mutagen>=1.47.0
 # falls back to the SQLite sounds.db which only returns locally downloaded
 # samples (see docs/2026-04-14-bugs-discovered.md — P0-2).
 grpcio>=1.80.0
-protobuf>=7.34.1
+protobuf>=7.35.0
 
 # Known benign warning during install:
 #   ERROR: pip's dependency resolver does not currently take into account