diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9a3ee825e049d9fd13ec70ab06674c764e7ed2b8..dd9c79ff50163cc5f7df24b3faa077ced3b1de8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def setup_package():
             'gdal',
             'numpy',
             'pvl',
-            'protobuf==3.0.0b2',
+            'protobuf',
             'h5py',
             'pandas',
             'sqlalchemy',