diff --git a/tools/codegen/core/gen_nano_proto.sh b/tools/codegen/core/gen_nano_proto.sh
index 99e49814b833f6d043d1f7bcc109f2e38b38d35d..8600573e1cbdc0839947c8659b16d84e64cdbe1b 100755
--- a/tools/codegen/core/gen_nano_proto.sh
+++ b/tools/codegen/core/gen_nano_proto.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ popd
 
 # this should be the same version as the submodule we compile against
 # ideally we'd update this as a template to ensure that
-pip install protobuf==3.0.0
+pip install protobuf==3.2.0
 
 pushd "$(dirname $INPUT_PROTO)" > /dev/null