diff --git a/open-vm-tools.changes b/open-vm-tools.changes
index 43ff622..33e54a3 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.changes
+++ b/open-vm-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 27 19:54:05 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- limit to protobuf < 22 for now until build failures have been fixed 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 12 15:01:15 UTC 2023 - Kirk Allan <kallan@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/open-vm-tools.spec b/open-vm-tools.spec
index a0912b7..893bf60 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.spec
+++ b/open-vm-tools.spec
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  containerd-devel
 BuildRequires:  grpc-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
-BuildRequires:  protobuf-devel
+BuildRequires:  protobuf-devel < 22
 %define         arg_containerinfo --enable-containerinfo=yes
 %else
 %define         arg_containerinfo --enable-containerinfo=no