Merge branch 'ci/fix_protobuf_version' into 'master'

ci: fix protobuf 4.0 incompatible issue

See merge request espressif/esp-idf!18259

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ before_script:
       "pytest-embedded-qemu~=$PYTEST_EMBEDDED_VERSION"
       pytest-rerunfailures
       scapy
-      google-api-python-client
+      -r tools/esp_prov/requirements.txt
     - export EXTRA_CFLAGS=${PEDANTIC_CFLAGS}
     - export EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=${PEDANTIC_CXXFLAGS}
 

tools/esp_prov/requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 future
-protobuf
+protobuf<4.0.0  # IDFCI-1278
 cryptography