diff --git a/sdks/python/build-requirements.txt b/sdks/python/build-requirements.txt
index e6fcb407fc91..9d516f492d15 100644
--- a/sdks/python/build-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/build-requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ mypy-protobuf==1.18
 
 # Avoid https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2006
 distlib==0.3.1
-protobuf==3.20.2
+
+grpcio==1.48.1
 
 # Numpy headers
 numpy>=1.14.3,<1.23.0