diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 44cff2978..baddc40ab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ set(GNSSSDR_ARMADILLO_LOCAL_VERSION "14.2.x")
 set(GNSSSDR_GFLAGS_LOCAL_VERSION "2.2.2")
 set(GNSSSDR_GLOG_LOCAL_VERSION "0.7.1")
 set(GNSSSDR_MATIO_LOCAL_VERSION "1.5.28")
-set(GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION "29.3")
+set(GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION "30.0")
 set(GNSSSDR_PUGIXML_LOCAL_VERSION "1.15")
 set(GNSSSDR_GTEST_LOCAL_VERSION "1.16.0")
 set(GNSSSDR_GNSS_SIM_LOCAL_VERSION "origin/master")
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.4")
     set(GNSSSDR_PUGIXML_LOCAL_VERSION "1.10")
 endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.16")
+    set(GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION "29.3")
+endif()
 if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING OR CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.13" OR
   ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 8.0.0)) OR
   ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang") AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "9.0")) OR
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/BuildProtobuf.cmake b/cmake/Modules/BuildProtobuf.cmake
index 5590943db..dcea7e07c 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/BuildProtobuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/BuildProtobuf.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # GNSS-SDR is a Global Navigation Satellite System software-defined receiver.
 # This file is part of GNSS-SDR.
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 C. Fernandez-Prades cfernandez(at)cttc.es
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-2025 C. Fernandez-Prades cfernandez(at)cttc.es
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 # Downloads and builds the protoc compiler and static libraries of Protocol
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 if(NOT GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION)
-    set(GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION "25.0")
+    set(GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION "30.0")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT GNSSSDR_BINARY_DIR)
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ list(APPEND UTF8_LIBRARIES
     ${GNSSSDR_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}utf8_range${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
 )
 
+set(ABSL_OPTION "")
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.16" OR GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION VERSION_LESS "30.0")
+    set(ABSL_OPTION "-Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER=package")
+endif()
+
 ExternalProject_Add(protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}
     PREFIX ${GNSSSDR_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}
         -DCMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN=1
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${GNSSSDR_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}
         -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
-        -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER=package
+        ${ABSL_OPTION}
         ${USE_ZLIB}
     BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
         "--build" "${GNSSSDR_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf-${GNSSSDR_PROTOCOLBUFFERS_LOCAL_VERSION}"