diff --git a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-dbt/tox.ini b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-dbt/tox.ini
index 809167cab44de..7ac3f76ad0f4c 100644
--- a/python_modules/libraries/dagster-dbt/tox.ini
+++ b/python_modules/libraries/dagster-dbt/tox.ini
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ deps =
   -e ../../dagster-pipes
   -e ../dagster-duckdb
   -e ../dagster-duckdb-pandas
-  dbt17: dbt-core==1.7.*
+  dbt17: dbt-core==1.7.*,>=1.7.10 # first release protobuf upper bound pin was added
   dbt17: dbt-duckdb==1.7.*
   dbt17: dbt-snowflake==1.7.*
   dbt17: dbt-bigquery==1.7.*