diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 606b72e5..6256c671 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ prost-types = "0.12.1"
 cosmos-sdk-proto = { version = "0.20.0", default-features = false }
 bech32 = "0.9.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.49"
-protobuf = { version = "3.3.0" }
+protobuf = ">=3.3.0,<=3.3.0"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.87" }
 tendermint-proto = "0.34"