diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 4cf4721c15..96a49286e1 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "google_benchmark", version = "1.8.5", repo_name = "com_google_
 bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.15.2", repo_name = "com_google_googletest")
 bazel_dep(name = "highs", version = "1.8.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.10")
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "27.1.bcr.1", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "28.2", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "pybind11_abseil", version = "202402.0", repo_name = "org_pybind11_abseil")
 bazel_dep(name = "pybind11_bazel", version = "2.13.6")
 bazel_dep(name = "pybind11_protobuf", version = "0.0.0-20240524-1d7a729")