diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e27da8d0f6..367f513f51 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export = [
     "openvino>=2024.0.0",  # OpenVINO export
     "tensorflow>=2.0.0,<=2.19.0", # TF bug https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/issues/5161
     "tensorflowjs>=2.0.0", # TF.js export, automatically installs tensorflow
+    "ydf<0.13.0; platform_machine != 'aarch64'", # ydf>=0.13 has protobuf gencode 6.x but tensorflow<=2.19 requires protobuf<6
     "tensorstore>=0.1.63; platform_machine == 'aarch64' and python_version >= '3.9'", # for TF Raspberry Pi exports
     "h5py!=3.11.0; platform_machine == 'aarch64'", # fix h5py build issues due to missing aarch64 wheels in 3.11 release
     "setuptools<=81.0.0",  # pin due to >=82.0.0 breaking tensorflow.js package
diff --git a/ultralytics/__init__.py b/ultralytics/__init__.py
index a5b859ea94..f3fef5725a 100644
--- a/ultralytics/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Ultralytics 🚀 AGPL-3.0 License - https://ultralytics.com/license
 
-__version__ = "8.4.24"
+__version__ = "8.4.25"
 
 import importlib
 import os
diff --git a/ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py b/ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
index fa038875fb..01e8bab95d 100644
--- a/ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
+++ b/ultralytics/utils/benchmarks.py
@@ -121,16 +121,12 @@ def benchmark(
             # Checks
             if format == "pb":
                 assert model.task != "obb", "TensorFlow GraphDef not supported for OBB task"
-            elif format == "tfjs":
-                # tensorflowjs pulls in tensorflow-decision-forests which requires protobuf>=6,
-                # but tensorflow<=2.19 requires protobuf<6, causing an irreconcilable import error
-                assert False, "TF.js export disabled due to protobuf version conflict in tensorflowjs"
             elif format == "edgetpu":
                 assert LINUX and not ARM64, "Edge TPU export only supported on non-aarch64 Linux"
-            elif format in {"coreml", "tfjs"}:
-                assert MACOS or (LINUX and not ARM64), (
-                    "CoreML and TF.js export only supported on macOS and non-aarch64 Linux"
-                )
+            elif format == "tfjs":
+                assert not (LINUX and ARM64), "TF.js export not supported on ARM64 Linux"
+            elif format == "coreml":
+                assert MACOS or (LINUX and not ARM64), "CoreML export only supported on macOS and non-aarch64 Linux"
             if format == "coreml":
                 assert not IS_PYTHON_3_13, "CoreML not supported on Python 3.13"
             if format in {"saved_model", "pb", "tflite", "edgetpu", "tfjs"}: