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@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ Extract two-factor authentication (2FA, TFA) secret keys from export QR codes of
 
 ## Requirement
 
-The protobuf package of Google for proto3 is required for running this script.
+The protobuf package of Google for proto3 is required for running this script. protobuf >= 3.14 is recommended.
 
     pip install protobuf
 
+Known to work with
+
+* Python 3.6.12 and protobuf 3.14.0
+* Python 3.8.5 and protobuf 3.14.0
+
 ### Optional
 
 For printing QR codes, the qrcode module is required