diff --git a/azure/network/json_dumps_loads/requirements.txt b/azure/network/json_dumps_loads/requirements.txt
index fe0156a..872dcd1 100644
--- a/azure/network/json_dumps_loads/requirements.txt
+++ b/azure/network/json_dumps_loads/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ azure-functions==1.0.0b3
 azure-functions-worker==1.0.0b3
 grpcio==1.14.2
 grpcio-tools==1.14.2
-protobuf==3.15.0
+protobuf==3.18.3
 six==1.12.0
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