diff --git a/packages/onnx/Dockerfile b/packages/onnx/Dockerfile
index 42475b8ef..6b67d14a6 100644
--- a/packages/onnx/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/onnx/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ARG ONNX_VERSION
 # error introduced by https://github.com/onnx/onnx/pull/5777 results in python protobuf mismatch
 # https://github.com/onnx/onnx/blob/6ff456c1179c34827ad910e5601cb1486822d800/CMakeLists.txt#L249
 RUN if [ `lsb_release --codename --short` != 'bionic' ]; then \
-      pip3 install --no-cache-dir --verbose protobuf==4.22.3; \
+      pip3 install --no-cache-dir --verbose protobuf>=4.22.3; \
     fi
 
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --verbose git+https://github.com/onnx/onnx@${ONNX_VERSION}