diff --git a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
index 0f53b732c13..3690f992f55 100644
--- a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
+++ b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pyOpenSSL>=24.0.0
 
 # protobuf must be in package constraints for the wheel
 # builder to build binary wheels
-protobuf==5.29.2
+protobuf==6.30.0rc1
 
 # faust-cchardet: Ensure we have a version we can build wheels
 # 2.1.18 is the first version that works with our wheel builder