diff --git a/android/build-android-release-assets.sh b/android/build-android-release-assets.sh
index fbf81394b..4d9a5b3d6 100755
--- a/android/build-android-release-assets.sh
+++ b/android/build-android-release-assets.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ABIS="${ABIS:-arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64}"
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=madler/zlib
 ZLIB_VERSION="${ZLIB_VERSION:-v1.3.1}"
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=protocolbuffers/protobuf
-PROTOBUF_VERSION="${PROTOBUF_VERSION:-29.1}"
+PROTOBUF_VERSION="${PROTOBUF_VERSION:-36.2}"
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=mirror/ncurses
 NCURSES_VERSION="${NCURSES_VERSION:-v6.4}"
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=alisw/GMP