diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apache-beam/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apache-beam/default.nix
index b38ad2e8ee05..3bcf99a4abf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/apache-beam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/apache-beam/default.nix
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/156957
     "dill"
 
+    "protobuf"
+
     # As of apache-beam v2.45.0, the requirement is pyarrow<10.0.0,>=0.15.1, but
     # the current (2023-02-22) nixpkgs's pyarrow version is 11.0.0.
     "pyarrow"