diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py
index 5b1291b4e17..536dbc5c141 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def get_table_column_names_and_types(
             from google.api_core import client_info as http_client_info
         except ImportError as e:
             from feast.errors import FeastExtrasDependencyImportError
+
             raise FeastExtrasDependencyImportError("gcp", str(e))
 
         from google.cloud import bigquery
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4a2c0a47bd3..0d564ca265c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "numpy>=1.22,<3",
     "pandas>=1.4.3,<2",
     "pandavro~=1.5.0",  # For some reason pandavro higher than 1.5.* only support pandas less than 1.3.
-    "protobuf<5,>3",
+    "protobuf<5,>3.20",
     "proto-plus>=1.20.0,<2",
     "pyarrow>=4,<9",
     "pydantic>=1,<2",