--- a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ if(ENABLE_OV_PADDLE_FRONTEND OR ENABLE_OV_ONNX_FRONTEND OR ENABLE_OV_TF_FRONTEND
     if(ENABLE_SYSTEM_PROTOBUF)
         # Note: Debian / Ubuntu / RHEL libprotobuf.a can only be used with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
         # because they are compiled without -fPIC
-        set(Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+        set(Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
         if(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE)
             set(Protobuf_DEBUG ON)
         endif()