diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1a4e1168..a0baecd3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "prost-derive",
- "protobuf",
+ "protobuf 3.7.1",
  "protobuf-codegen-pure",
  "rand",
  "sha2",
@@ -819,13 +819,24 @@ version = "2.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "106dd99e98437432fed6519dedecfade6a06a73bb7b2a1e019fdd2bee5778d94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf"
+version = "3.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3a7c64d9bf75b1b8d981124c14c179074e8caa7dfe7b6a12e6222ddcd0c8f72"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "protobuf-support",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "protobuf-codegen"
 version = "2.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "033460afb75cf755fcfc16dfaed20b86468082a2ea24e05ac35ab4a099a017d6"
 dependencies = [
- "protobuf",
+ "protobuf 2.28.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -834,10 +845,19 @@ version = "2.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95a29399fc94bcd3eeaa951c715f7bea69409b2445356b00519740bcd6ddd865"
 dependencies = [
- "protobuf",
+ "protobuf 2.28.0",
  "protobuf-codegen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "protobuf-support"
+version = "3.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b088fd20b938a875ea00843b6faf48579462630015c3788d397ad6a786663252"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.26.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 72218ae1..72f05082 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ smallvec = "1.7"
 inferno = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["nameattr"], optional = true }
 prost = { version = "0.12", optional = true }
 prost-derive = { version = "0.12", optional = true }
-protobuf = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
+protobuf = { version = "3.7", optional = true }
 criterion = {version = "0.5", optional = true}
 aligned-vec = "0.6"