diff --git a/qa/setup_packages.py b/qa/setup_packages.py
index f0f64096aa2..9fa3c42fd59 100755
--- a/qa/setup_packages.py
+++ b/qa/setup_packages.py
@@ -435,13 +435,13 @@ def get_pyvers_name(self, url, cuda_version):
                         "mxnet-cu{cuda_v}"),
                 CudaPackage("tensorflow-gpu",
                         { "100" : [
-                              PckgVer("1.15.5", python_max_ver="3.7"),
-                              PckgVer("2.3.4", python_max_ver="3.8")],
+                              PckgVer("1.15.5", python_max_ver="3.7", dependencies=["protobuf<4"]),
+                              PckgVer("2.3.4", python_max_ver="3.8", dependencies=["protobuf<4"])],
                           "110" : [
-                              PckgVer("1.15.5", python_max_ver="3.7"),
-                              PckgVer("2.8.1", python_min_ver="3.7"),
-                              PckgVer("2.9.0", python_min_ver="3.7"),
-                              PckgVer("1.15.5+nv22.03", python_min_ver="3.8", python_max_ver="3.8", alias="nvidia-tensorflow")]
+                              PckgVer("1.15.5", python_max_ver="3.7", dependencies=["protobuf<4"]),
+                              PckgVer("2.8.1", python_min_ver="3.7", dependencies=["protobuf<4"]),
+                              PckgVer("2.9.0", python_min_ver="3.7", dependencies=["protobuf<4"]),
+                              PckgVer("1.15.5+nv22.03", python_min_ver="3.8", python_max_ver="3.8", alias="nvidia-tensorflow", dependencies=["protobuf<4"])]
                         }),
                 CudaPackageExtraIndex("torch",
                         { "101" : ["1.8.0"],