diff --git a/openfeature-provider/python/pyproject.toml b/openfeature-provider/python/pyproject.toml
index 1126215f..d97dd654 100644
--- a/openfeature-provider/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/openfeature-provider/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "openfeature-sdk>=0.10.0",
     "wasmtime>=28.0.0",
-    "protobuf>=5.29.0,<7",
+    "protobuf>=5.29.0,<8",
     "grpcio>=1.70.0",
     "httpx>=0.27.0",
     "cryptography>=42.0.0",