diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.19.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.19.4.bb
index 5662330840..286bf0e3c8 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.19.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.19.4.bb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ FILES:${PN}-lite = "${libdir}/libprotobuf-lite${SOLIBS}"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-compiler = "${PN}"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev += "${PN}-compiler"
-RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest = "bash ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python-protobuf', '', d)}"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest = "bash ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python3-protobuf', '', d)}"
 
 MIPS_INSTRUCTION_SET = "mips"