Error on meshtastic --set lora.ignore_incoming xxxxxx

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Trying to use the python client, to manage ignore_incoming for testing purposes and i get the below error. Included my protoc and pip versions on osx. Not sure where I've gone wrong? any pointer? thanks

meshtastic --set lora.ignore_incoming xxxxxx
Connected to radio
Adding 'xxxxx' to the ignore_incoming list
Aborting due to: 'google._upb._message.Descriptor' object has no attribute 'ignore_incoming'

protoc --version
libprotoc 26.1

pip freeze|grep proto
mypy-protobuf==3.6.0
protobuf==5.26.1
types-protobuf==5.26.0.20240422

DEBUG file:mesh_interface.py _sendToRadio line:780 packet cb14f686 got acked under us
DEBUG file:__main__.py setPref line:163 snake_name:ignore_incoming
DEBUG file:__main__.py setPref line:164 camel_name:ignoreIncoming
DEBUG file:__main__.py setPref line:185 valStr:xxxx val:xxxx
Adding 'xxxx' to the ignore_incoming list
Aborting due to: 'google._upb._message.Descriptor' object has no attribute 'ignore_incoming'
DEBUG file:mesh_interface.py _handleFromRadio line:828 in mesh_interface.py _handleFromRadio() fromRadioBytes: b'Z\n\x10\x0f\x18\x10 \x86\xed\xd3\xd8\x0c'
DEBUG file:mesh_interface.py _handleFromRadio line:832 Received from radio: queueStatus {
  free: 15
  maxlen: 16
  mesh_packet_id: 3407148678
}