## What was reported
Issue pinecone-io/python-sdk#151 (closed, 16 comments): Hi,
I want to install the grpc driver for pinecone, however as it need protobuf 3.19.3, it is not compatible with googles internal packages we are dependent on. I would like if someone could update the protobuf package to a later version 🙏
Way to test it is to try to install https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-secret-manager/ in the same environment
## The verified resolution
[daverigby (commenter), last comment, no explicit fix stated]: As of pinecone-python-client [v4.0.0](https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-python-client/releases/tag/v4.0.0), protobuf has been updated from 3.20.3 to 4.25.3 (the latest 4.x version).