diff --git a/requirements/pytorch/test.txt b/requirements/pytorch/test.txt
index 46cd0f197aba6..19270d1479866 100644
--- a/requirements/pytorch/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/pytorch/test.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ fastapi<0.87.0  # for `ServableModuleValidator`
 uvicorn<0.21.2  # for `ServableModuleValidator`
 
 tensorboard >=2.9.1, <2.12.0  # for `TensorBoardLogger`
-protobuf <=3.20.1 # strict  # an extra is updating protobuf, this pin prevents TensorBoard failure
+protobuf <=4.23.4 # strict  # an extra is updating protobuf, this pin prevents TensorBoard failure