install latest protoc

Signed-off-by: Yashash H L <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -167,8 +167,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Run sccache-cache
         uses: mozilla-actions/[email protected]
-      - name: Install Protoc
-        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+      - name: Install required native libraries
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev pkg-config
+      - name: Install protoc v28.0
+        run: |
+          PROTOC_ZIP=protoc-25.1-linux-x86_64.zip
+          curl -OL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v25.1/$PROTOC_ZIP
+          sudo unzip -o $PROTOC_ZIP -d /usr/local bin/protoc
+          rm -f $PROTOC_ZIP
+          protoc --version
       - name: Build binary
         run: RUSTFLAGS='-C target-feature=+crt-static' cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
       - name: Rename binary
@@ -184,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
 
   e2e-tests:
     name: E2E Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ build-rust-amd64 ]
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy: