diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 747cf5b..8445028 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = [{ name = "xAI", email = "support@x.ai" }]
 dependencies = [
   "grpcio>=1.72.1,<2",
-  "protobuf>=5.29.4,<7",
+  "protobuf>=5.29.4,<8",
   "googleapis-common-protos>=1.65.0,<2",
   "pydantic>=2.5.3,<3",
   "requests>=2.31.0,<3",
diff --git a/src/xai_sdk/proto/__init__.py b/src/xai_sdk/proto/__init__.py
index e604b3d..cf549f7 100644
--- a/src/xai_sdk/proto/__init__.py
+++ b/src/xai_sdk/proto/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         video_pb2,
         video_pb2_grpc,
     )
-elif version.parse(google.protobuf.__version__).major == 6:
+elif version.parse(google.protobuf.__version__).major >= 6:
     from .v6 import (
         auth_pb2,
         auth_pb2_grpc,