fix: Adding min required protobuf version (#142)

Co-authored-by: Bhargav Dodla <[email protected]>

Makefile

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ install-python-ci-dependencies-uv-venv:
 	python setup.py build_python_protos --inplace
 
 install-protoc-dependencies:
-	pip install "protobuf<5" "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2" "mypy-protobuf>=3.1"
+	pip install "protobuf>=4.24.0,<5.0.0" "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2" "mypy-protobuf>=3.1"
 
 lock-python-ci-dependencies:
 	uv pip compile --system --no-strip-extras setup.py --extra ci --output-file sdk/python/requirements/py$(PYTHON_VERSION)-ci-requirements.txt

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "protobuf<5",
+  "protobuf>=4.24.0,<5.0.0",
   "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2",
   "mypy-protobuf>=3.1",
   "pybindgen==0.22.0",

setup.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "click>=7.0.0,<9.0.0",
     "colorama>=0.3.9,<1",
     "dill~=0.3.0",
-    "protobuf<5",
+    "protobuf>=4.24.0,<5.0.0",
     "Jinja2>=2,<4",
     "jsonschema",
     "mmh3",
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         "virtualenv==20.23.0",
         "cryptography>=35.0,<43",
         "ruff>=0.3.3",
-        "protobuf<5",
+        "protobuf>=4.24.0,<5.0.0",
         "mypy-protobuf>=3.1",
         "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2",
         "grpcio-testing>=1.56.2,<2",
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def run(self):
     setup_requires=[
         # snowflake udf packages refer to conda packages, not pypi libraries. Conda stack is still on protobuf 4
         # So we are adding protobuf<5 as a requirement
-        "protobuf<5",
+        "protobuf>=4.24.0,<5.0.0",
         "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2",
         "mypy-protobuf>=3.1",
         "pybindgen==0.22.0",