diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9050a7d..58052a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.3](https://github.com/googleapis/python-dataproc-metastore/compare/v1.6.2...v1.6.3) (2022-10-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Allow protobuf 3.19.5 ([#183](https://github.com/googleapis/python-dataproc-metastore/issues/183)) ([5a40ff8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-dataproc-metastore/commit/5a40ff80d97d9bcdf75c7d3c6915709e56f507e0))
+
 ## [1.6.2](https://github.com/googleapis/python-dataproc-metastore/compare/v1.6.1...v1.6.2) (2022-09-29)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 33fe49b..1ff37ba 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
 name = "google-cloud-dataproc-metastore"
-version = "1.6.2"
+version = "1.6.3"
 description = "Dataproc Metastore API client library"
 release_status = "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
 url = "https://github.com/googleapis/python-dataproc-metastore"
 dependencies = [
     "google-api-core[grpc] >= 1.32.0, <3.0.0dev,!=2.0.*,!=2.1.*,!=2.2.*,!=2.3.*,!=2.4.*,!=2.5.*,!=2.6.*,!=2.7.*",
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.0, <2.0.0dev",
-    "protobuf >= 3.20.2, <5.0.0dev",
+    "protobuf>=3.19.5,<5.0.0dev,!=3.20.0,!=3.20.1,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
 ]
 
 package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/testing/constraints-3.7.txt b/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
index bc6059c..a12652c 100644
--- a/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
+++ b/testing/constraints-3.7.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
 # Then this file should have foo==1.14.0
 google-api-core==1.32.0
 proto-plus==1.22.0
-protobuf==3.20.2
+protobuf==3.19.5