diff --git a/sdk/java/grpc/pom.xml b/sdk/java/grpc/pom.xml
index 7eee07617..afa934ebe 100644
--- a/sdk/java/grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/java/grpc/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>1.66.0</version>
+            <version>1.68.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>