diff --git a/src/bindings/python/requirements_test.txt b/src/bindings/python/requirements_test.txt
index 9a21c8899d9..2c82347a91c 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/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
diff --git a/src/core/tests/frontend/paddle/requirements_dev.txt b/src/core/tests/frontend/paddle/requirements_dev.txt
index 0a4abf0cfea..8d7ab7846c1 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/frontend/paddle/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/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
\ No newline at end of file
+protobuf~=3.18.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/core/tests/models/onnx/onnx_prototxt_converter_requirements.txt b/src/core/tests/models/onnx/onnx_prototxt_converter_requirements.txt
index 471925ea501..410d5cc5dad 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/models/onnx/onnx_prototxt_converter_requirements.txt
+++ b/src/core/tests/models/onnx/onnx_prototxt_converter_requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docopt
-protobuf
+protobuf~=3.18.1
 onnx
diff --git a/src/core/tests/requirements_test_onnx.txt b/src/core/tests/requirements_test_onnx.txt
index 8dd192bf51f..6cef549d296 100644
--- a/src/core/tests/requirements_test_onnx.txt
+++ b/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
\ No newline at end of file
+protobuf~=3.18.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/mo/requirements_onnx.txt b/tools/mo/requirements_onnx.txt
index 74d0b2205dc..3b322ba98a2 100644
--- a/tools/mo/requirements_onnx.txt
+++ b/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