diff --git a/games-util/mcpelauncher-ui-qt/mcpelauncher-ui-qt-20230823.ebuild b/games-util/mcpelauncher-ui-qt/mcpelauncher-ui-qt-20230823.ebuild
index 42f085f..418f290 100644
--- a/games-util/mcpelauncher-ui-qt/mcpelauncher-ui-qt-20230823.ebuild
+++ b/games-util/mcpelauncher-ui-qt/mcpelauncher-ui-qt-20230823.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	dev-qt/qtquickcontrols2:5
 	dev-qt/qtsvg:5
 	dev-libs/libzip
-	dev-libs/protobuf"
+	<=dev-libs/protobuf-21.12" # 2024-06-22: temporary measure due to missing symbol issues during linking when building with newer versions
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND=""