diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87cd566..38cb39b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "setproctitle==1.2.2",
     "werkzeug==2.0.3",
     "nest-asyncio==1.5.5",
-    "protobuf==3.20.1",
+    "protobuf>=3.20.2",
     "planetmint-ipld>=0.0.3",
     "pyasn1",
     "zenroom==2.1.0.dev1655293214",