diff --git a/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt b/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt
index 62002870d8..160ea602ea 100644
--- a/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt
+++ b/automated_detection_testing/requirements.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ path.py==12.5.0
 pexpect==4.8.0
 pluggy==0.13.1
 pre-commit==2.15.0
-protobuf==3.17.0
+protobuf==3.18.1
 psutil==5.8.0
 ptyprocess==0.7.0
 py==1.10.0