diff --git a/mingw-w64-protobuf/0003-demote-error-about-buildtime-runtime-version-difference-to-warning.patch b/mingw-w64-protobuf/0003-demote-error-about-buildtime-runtime-version-difference-to-warning.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90f5e6582e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-protobuf/0003-demote-error-about-buildtime-runtime-version-difference-to-warning.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/google/protobuf/stubs/common.cc
++++ b/src/google/protobuf/stubs/common.cc
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+   // If the user's program is linked against a different version of Protobuf,
+   // GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERSION will have a different value.
+   if (GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERSION != protobufVersionCompiledWith) {
+-    ABSL_LOG(FATAL)
++    ABSL_LOG(WARNING)
+         << "This program was compiled with Protobuf C++ version "
+         << VersionString(protobufVersionCompiledWith)
+         << ", but the linked version is "
diff --git a/mingw-w64-protobuf/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-protobuf/PKGBUILD
index 14c1115972..be07c74fd5 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-protobuf/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-protobuf/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 # Note: make sure to update python-protobuf to match this version
 pkgver=28.3
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clangarm64')
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja")
 source=(https://github.com/protocolbuffers/${_realname}/releases/download/v${pkgver}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz
         0001-fix-building-shared-libs-with-clang.patch
-        0002-windres-invocation.patch)
+        0002-windres-invocation.patch
+        0003-demote-error-about-buildtime-runtime-version-difference-to-warning.patch)
 sha256sums=('7c3ebd7aaedd86fa5dc479a0fda803f602caaf78d8aff7ce83b89e1b8ae7442a'
             '04096f913c1fd5b8c6703e3f696ae7d068c1576ef14fadad2e372da4af188dd0'
-            '174f714b842d5153c79c5fda1ae775ee002aea11d53cb5d5f51cb5c4b9e63d29')
+            '174f714b842d5153c79c5fda1ae775ee002aea11d53cb5d5f51cb5c4b9e63d29'
+            '2b680e1c642ccd5bb70b3dcf7217c27360bc0b74f63d8afb66dd668173d9b2dd')
 
 apply_patch_with_msg() {
   for _patch in "$@"
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
   apply_patch_with_msg \
     0001-fix-building-shared-libs-with-clang.patch \
-    0002-windres-invocation.patch
+    0002-windres-invocation.patch \
+    0003-demote-error-about-buildtime-runtime-version-difference-to-warning.patch
 }
 
 build() {