diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index f04015a9892..df8534d078e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         # There's a `git restore` in here because `make install-go-ci-dependencies` is actually messing up go.mod & go.sum.
         run: |
           pip install -U pip setuptools wheel twine
-          make install-protoc-dependencies
           make build-ui
           git status
           git restore go.mod go.sum
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6ebab4e3be2..78a0b6d3285 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -395,9 +395,6 @@ test-trino-plugin-locally:
 kill-trino-locally:
 	cd ${ROOT_DIR}; docker stop trino
 
-install-protoc-dependencies:
-	pip install --ignore-installed protobuf==4.24.0 "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2" mypy-protobuf==3.1.0
-
 # Docker
 
 build-docker: build-feature-server-python-aws-docker build-feature-transformation-server-docker build-feature-server-java-docker
diff --git a/environment-setup.md b/environment-setup.md
index 5dde9dfd942..581dc35f778 100644
--- a/environment-setup.md
+++ b/environment-setup.md
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@ pip install cryptography -U
 conda install protobuf
 conda install pymssql
 pip install -e ".[dev]"
-make install-protoc-dependencies PYTHON=3.9
 make install-python-ci-dependencies PYTHON=3.9
 ```
 4. start the docker daemon
 5. run unit tests:
 ```bash
 make test-python-unit
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af448615029..c74f88938e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
+  "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2",  
+  "grpcio>=1.56.2,<2",
+  "mypy-protobuf==3.1",
+  "protobuf==4.24.0",
+  "pybindgen==0.22.0",
   "setuptools>=60",
-  "wheel",
   "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
-  "grpcio",
-  "grpcio-tools>=1.47.0",
-  "mypy-protobuf==3.1",
-  "protobuf>=4.24.0,<5.0.0",
   "sphinx!=4.0.0",
+  "wheel",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a9f9cafacc5..6da5e8226af 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -403,11 +403,12 @@ def run(self):
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["feast=feast.cli:cli"]},
     use_scm_version=use_scm_version,
     setup_requires=[
-        "setuptools_scm",
-        "grpcio>=1.56.2,<2",
         "grpcio-tools>=1.56.2,<2",
-        "mypy-protobuf>=3.1",
+        "grpcio>=1.56.2,<2",
+        "mypy-protobuf==3.1",
+        "protobuf==4.24.0",
         "pybindgen==0.22.0",
+        "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
     ],
     cmdclass={
         "build_python_protos": BuildPythonProtosCommand,