diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 91500728b..7f121f5dd 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ settings:
 catalogs:
   default:
     '@livekit/protocol':
-      specifier: 1.52.1
-      version: 1.52.1
+      specifier: 1.50.4
+      version: 1.50.4
     eslint:
       specifier: ^10.0.0
       version: 10.9.0
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ importers:
         version: link:../styles
       '@livekit/protocol':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
-        version: 1.52.1
+        version: 1.50.4
       '@microsoft/api-extractor':
         specifier: ^7.58.8
         version: 7.59.0(@types/node@24.13.3)
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ importers:
     devDependencies:
       '@livekit/protocol':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
-        version: 1.52.1
+        version: 1.50.4
       '@microsoft/api-extractor':
         specifier: ^7.58.8
         version: 7.59.0(@types/node@24.13.3)
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ importers:
         version: link:../react
       '@livekit/protocol':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
-        version: 1.52.1
+        version: 1.50.4
       '@radix-ui/react-select':
         specifier: ^2.2.6
         version: 2.3.7(@types/react-dom@19.2.4(@types/react@19.2.18))(@types/react@19.2.18)(react-dom@19.2.8(react@19.2.8))(react@19.2.8)
@@ -2292,9 +2292,6 @@ packages:
   '@livekit/protocol@1.51.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-kEDEDaFvIcp5VlYBromdSKMJMEJKfPvXPfEaJPdEz1Qgo84gZAoLF2g58CcMlVYGsjrwE5XYgQxRS5B7KuEj3w==}
 
-  '@livekit/protocol@1.52.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-X8DxKlNbzk6Lh+v630+mjdFHSotdAFwIyzxSRSUql2DbTxCnlpa7JsvFGc6Na3mXiex2OFh0iiQtWwOBP0rIYA==}
-
   '@livekit/track-processors@0.3.3':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-C5mBWe34ie0pfhCf9zAD65D26ZytzW/xGrj8Zc1BGh5kLISFDVQlefO78LZWw9K5saTamk60O4fzSCKqWMPMLA==}
     peerDependencies:
@@ -11695,7 +11692,7 @@ snapshots:
   '@livekit/krisp-noise-filter@0.4.3(livekit-client@2.22.3(@types/dom-mediacapture-record@1.0.22))':
     dependencies:
       '@livekit/mutex': 1.1.1
-      '@livekit/protocol': 1.52.1
+      '@livekit/protocol': 1.51.0
       livekit-client: 2.22.3(@types/dom-mediacapture-record@1.0.22)
 
   '@livekit/mutex@1.1.1': {}
@@ -11708,10 +11705,6 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@bufbuild/protobuf': 1.10.1
 
-  '@livekit/protocol@1.52.1':
-    dependencies:
-      '@bufbuild/protobuf': 1.10.1
-
   '@livekit/track-processors@0.3.3(livekit-client@2.22.3(@types/dom-mediacapture-record@1.0.22))':
     dependencies:
       '@mediapipe/holistic': 0.5.1675471629
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index e34a72692..42eff1f13 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ catalog:
   # Must match the exact @livekit/protocol version that livekit-client pins, so the
   # workspace and livekit-client share a single copy. Mismatched versions cause
   # structurally-incompatible protobuf types (e.g. TrackInfo) and break the build.
-  '@livekit/protocol': 1.52.1
+  # Renovate is configured not to bump this on its own (see renovate.json); update it
+  # by hand in the same change that bumps livekit-client.
+  '@livekit/protocol': 1.50.4
   eslint: ^10.0.0
   prettier: ^3.8.1
 
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 45f0c166f..2e82f7e6b 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@
     {
       "matchPackageNames": ["/^@livekit//", "/^livekit-/"],
       "minimumReleaseAge": "0 days"
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "@livekit/protocol must match the exact version livekit-client pins (see pnpm-workspace.yaml), so it is bumped by hand alongside livekit-client",
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@livekit/protocol"],
+      "enabled": false
     }
   ]
 }