diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/setup.py
index 22907e652705..f3e304fcb12d 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
         # Until this issue is closed
         # https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/10566
         "google-api-core >= 1.31.5, <3.0.0dev,!=2.0.*,!=2.1.*,!=2.2.*,!=2.3.0",
-        "proto-plus >= 1.15.0",
+        "proto-plus >= 1.15.0, <2.0.0dev",
+        "protobuf >= 3.19.0, <4.0.0dev",
         "grpc-google-iam-v1 >= 0.12.4, <1.0.0dev",
     ),
     python_requires=">=3.6",
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/testing/constraints-3.6.txt b/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/testing/constraints-3.6.txt
index ca8aeffc5857..60b7a7a56ec6 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/testing/constraints-3.6.txt
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-service-directory/testing/constraints-3.6.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 google-api-core==1.31.5
 proto-plus==1.15.0
 grpc-google-iam-v1==0.12.4
+protobuf==3.19.0