diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 513bfe26..80f82440 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "grpc", version = "1.70.1", repo_name = "com_github_grpc_grpc")
 bazel_dep(name = "openconfig_gnmi", version = "0.14.1", repo_name = "com_github_openconfig_gnmi")
 bazel_dep(name = "p4runtime", version = "0.0.0", repo_name = "p4runtime_protos")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.3", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "33.5", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "re2", version = "2024-07-02.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.57.0", repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "1.1.0")
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c10fa6c1..3b1d5178 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "85803e01f347141e16a2f770213a496f808fff9f0138c7c0e0c9dfa708b0da92",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-29.3",
-    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v29.3.zip",
+    sha256 = "c5dddfcb1702737d97c8ae1becd33079d0b28a32688727d177be46915924f78e",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-34.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v34.0.zip",
 )
 
 http_archive(