diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 079a8d0..9a935b1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 jina==3.15.1.dev14
-protobuf<3.21.0
 click
-streamlit
+streamlit==1.9.0
 openai
 psutil
 jcloud
diff --git a/src/env.py b/src/env.py
index 852ae97..3fe53a6 100644
--- a/src/env.py
+++ b/src/env.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
 os.environ['PYTHONIOENCODING'] = 'utf-8'
-os.environ['PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO'] = 'utf-8'
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+os.environ['PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO'] = 'utf-8'
+os.environ['PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION'] = 'python' # because protobuf issues on windows
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