diff --git a/dev-embedded/esphome/Manifest b/dev-embedded/esphome/Manifest
index 102f3bcb4..201da364b 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/esphome/Manifest
+++ b/dev-embedded/esphome/Manifest
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ EBUILD esphome-1.12.0_beta4.ebuild 2274 BLAKE2B cddbb2597eafa9ed46692315209e698c
 EBUILD esphome-1.13.2.ebuild 2272 BLAKE2B 0249ec14aada441d43cd3509f5c3896e1b500f9196f6337aeab2fc389315c6d93dc30280bc1fc1a2dc6bdd14d852361f3f424036be8a8421181b1ea969c81510 SHA512 515fc7442641734b11a0b898add8389a3825ce6fb4751c754262b99dbdaa03cb5fbcc6a43d876e17dc01706b7e70ba4e035ffb5dfd778166fc4d39d50a5e7451
 EBUILD esphome-1.13.6-r1.ebuild 2368 BLAKE2B fb194e0560e0a9be772502ffba3a3e556c5a7fe32f6391448026c2019af5e0eed5765b78c0420581384364f923c2c88f6b307e9c6abacf138bcb51668661f5b4 SHA512 565e3e39b2449809d2b982660d17c74fd9336041871adddf41f10c5756a2eca9fe52eaf8fb2db4fc5fd1ac754481a4e53435da6c88612cb13dc4f56556bdaf57
 EBUILD esphome-1.13.6.ebuild 2272 BLAKE2B 0249ec14aada441d43cd3509f5c3896e1b500f9196f6337aeab2fc389315c6d93dc30280bc1fc1a2dc6bdd14d852361f3f424036be8a8421181b1ea969c81510 SHA512 515fc7442641734b11a0b898add8389a3825ce6fb4751c754262b99dbdaa03cb5fbcc6a43d876e17dc01706b7e70ba4e035ffb5dfd778166fc4d39d50a5e7451
-EBUILD esphome-9999.ebuild 2414 BLAKE2B 9eb670b85764d1a98390687116d70fa6cb292e264ffc817a597672fb259b96814a0a915b634628432ca5c6a641e2403a59b7b238b4772c81e9433fd4058a3480 SHA512 ca4b10e02789cc0f3a6b444dca91966d59a2c5e1ef3e888dff239dff8efca93d9a310293181e6d5c8e7e800905039efa0d6d0a397b5f737a12667e2d3d67c8b2
+EBUILD esphome-9999.ebuild 2415 BLAKE2B ad2956247c242684589e4b651332fe6aa3d20a9686ff17cba61e80b8acf2da68a5421d0f29e4e0fdb082d011d3148d57b7fc075b0154dc53242ed41b8385fd3a SHA512 b5608e2f360af6e9239339cc73b18ceeafba40aa046cb34bcebbb9fce7eb24452e329cf062f84bf12c5edb4f0d30cf3a47c00bccedebbe50d6952d805eb5b3bc
 MISC metadata.xml 361 BLAKE2B 0752256cba8c0b90e3dcce71eb5c3a8307adbab281c5229abc8aaa21d4ee1b94f2f898ccd9c43c4ff488a995f2e6271a5aa651f78a7e6d35cba0cc6302d387ed SHA512 80327a1c6833cadd82cfcbfa31e48661a8c11b38831c4c6cef002523244be67ee50585c3a10903ef6126974c4f36347f08e39c5a64ab43ad7ebb632106e1c4c1
diff --git a/dev-embedded/esphome/esphome-9999.ebuild b/dev-embedded/esphome/esphome-9999.ebuild
index 923db084b..f714697d5 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/esphome/esphome-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/esphome/esphome-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DEPEND="${REDEPEND}
 	>=www-servers/tornado-5.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-embedded/esptool-2.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/typing-3.6.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	<dev-python/protobuf-3.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/protobuf-3.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	<dev-python/protobuf-3.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/pyserial-3.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/ifaddr-0.1.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]