Restrict protobuf to a stable version lower than 4.0.0 (#12275)

src/bindings/python/requirements_test.txt

@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ retrying
 tox
 types-pkg_resources
 wheel>=0.36.2
-protobuf>=3.18,<4.0.0
+protobuf~=3.18.1

src/core/tests/frontend/paddle/requirements_dev.txt

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ paddlepaddle==2.1.0
 gast==0.3.3
 numpy~=1.19.2
 six~=1.15.0
-protobuf<4.0.0
+protobuf~=3.18.1

src/core/tests/models/onnx/onnx_prototxt_converter_requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docopt
-protobuf
+protobuf~=3.18.1
 onnx

src/core/tests/requirements_test_onnx.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # ONNX - generate test models
 docopt~=0.6.2
 onnx~=1.11.0
-protobuf~=3.18
+protobuf~=3.18.1

tools/mo/requirements_onnx.txt

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ numpy>=1.16.6,<=1.23.1
 defusedxml>=0.7.1
 requests>=2.25.1
 fastjsonschema~=2.15.1
+protobuf~=3.18.1