diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41a0c1c68..6e2ebacdf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <grpc.version>1.42.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.17.3</protobuf.version>
     <dapr.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/dapr/v1.12.0-rc.2/dapr/proto</dapr.proto.baseurl>
     <dapr.sdk-workflows.version>0.11.0-SNAPSHOT</dapr.sdk-workflows.version>
diff --git a/sdk-actors/pom.xml b/sdk-actors/pom.xml
index d4f374c1e..c76347f5c 100644
--- a/sdk-actors/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-actors/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
-    <grpc.version>1.42.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/sdk-autogen/pom.xml b/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
index aba13f36e..3dc3c2913 100644
--- a/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <protobuf.output.directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</protobuf.output.directory>
     <protobuf.input.directory>${project.build.directory}/proto</protobuf.input.directory>
     <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
-    <grpc.version>1.42.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/sdk-tests/pom.xml b/sdk-tests/pom.xml
index db7ecef28..a25c0f31c 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-tests/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <dapr.sdk.version>1.11.0-SNAPSHOT</dapr.sdk.version>
     <protobuf.output.directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</protobuf.output.directory>
     <protobuf.input.directory>${project.basedir}/proto</protobuf.input.directory>
-    <grpc.version>1.42.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.17.3</protobuf.version>
     <opentelemetry.version>0.14.0</opentelemetry.version>
     <spring-boot.version>2.7.8</spring-boot.version>
diff --git a/sdk-workflows/pom.xml b/sdk-workflows/pom.xml
index d623a79a6..ba21f677f 100644
--- a/sdk-workflows/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-workflows/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft</groupId>
       <artifactId>durabletask-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <version>1.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!--
     manually declare durabletask-client's jackson dependencies
diff --git a/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImpl.java b/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImpl.java
index 38594126c..75d904bcd 100644
--- a/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImpl.java
+++ b/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImpl.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class DaprWorkflowContextImpl implements WorkflowContext {
   private final TaskOrchestrationContext innerContext;
@@ -204,4 +205,12 @@ public void continueAsNew(Object input) {
   public void continueAsNew(Object input, boolean preserveUnprocessedEvents) {
     this.innerContext.continueAsNew(input, preserveUnprocessedEvents);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   */
+  @Override
+  public UUID newUuid() {
+    return this.innerContext.newUUID();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/WorkflowContext.java b/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/WorkflowContext.java
index 5d33ed45a..8338cd393 100644
--- a/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/WorkflowContext.java
+++ b/sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/WorkflowContext.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 /**
  * Context object used by workflow implementations to perform actions such as scheduling activities,
@@ -514,4 +515,19 @@ default void continueAsNew(Object input) {
    *                                  history, otherwise {@code false}
    */
   void continueAsNew(Object input, boolean preserveUnprocessedEvents);
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new UUID that is safe for replay within a workflow.
+   *
+   * <p>
+   * The default implementation of this method creates a name-based UUID
+   * using the algorithm from RFC 4122 §4.3. The name input used to generate
+   * this value is a combination of the workflow instance ID and an
+   * internally managed sequence number.
+   *</p>
+   * @return a deterministic UUID
+   */
+  default UUID newUuid() {
+    throw new RuntimeException("No implementation found.");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk-workflows/src/test/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImplTest.java b/sdk-workflows/src/test/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImplTest.java
index 6da3756ca..8c0ce49d4 100644
--- a/sdk-workflows/src/test/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImplTest.java
+++ b/sdk-workflows/src/test/java/io/dapr/workflows/DaprWorkflowContextImplTest.java
@@ -13,20 +13,25 @@
 
 package io.dapr.workflows;
 
+import com.microsoft.durabletask.CompositeTaskFailedException;
 import com.microsoft.durabletask.RetryPolicy;
 import com.microsoft.durabletask.Task;
+import com.microsoft.durabletask.TaskCanceledException;
 import com.microsoft.durabletask.TaskOptions;
 import com.microsoft.durabletask.TaskOrchestrationContext;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
@@ -37,11 +42,95 @@
 public class DaprWorkflowContextImplTest {
   private DaprWorkflowContextImpl context;
   private TaskOrchestrationContext mockInnerContext;
+  private WorkflowContext testWorkflowContext;
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() {
     mockInnerContext = mock(TaskOrchestrationContext.class);
     context = new DaprWorkflowContextImpl(mockInnerContext);
+    testWorkflowContext = new WorkflowContext() {
+      @Override
+      public Logger getLogger() {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String getName() {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public String getInstanceId() {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public Instant getCurrentInstant() {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void complete(Object output) {
+
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public <V> Task<V> waitForExternalEvent(String name, Duration timeout, Class<V> dataType)
+          throws TaskCanceledException {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public <V> Task<Void> waitForExternalEvent(String name, Duration timeout) throws TaskCanceledException {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public <V> Task<Void> waitForExternalEvent(String name) throws TaskCanceledException {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public <V> Task<V> callActivity(String name, Object input, TaskOptions options, Class<V> returnType) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean isReplaying() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public <V> Task<List<V>> allOf(List<Task<V>> tasks) throws CompositeTaskFailedException {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public Task<Task<?>> anyOf(List<Task<?>> tasks) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public Task<Void> createTimer(Duration duration) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public <V> V getInput(Class<V> targetType) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public <V> Task<V> callSubWorkflow(String name, @Nullable Object input, @Nullable String instanceID,
+                                         @Nullable TaskOptions options, Class<V> returnType) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void continueAsNew(Object input, boolean preserveUnprocessedEvents) {
+
+      }
+    };
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -207,4 +296,17 @@ public void callSubWorkflow() {
     context.callSubWorkflow(expectedName, expectedInput, String.class);
     verify(mockInnerContext, times(1)).callSubOrchestrator(expectedName, expectedInput, null, null, String.class);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void newUuidTest() {
+    context.newUuid();
+    verify(mockInnerContext, times(1)).newUUID();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void newUuidTestNoImplementationExceptionTest() {
+    RuntimeException runtimeException = assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, testWorkflowContext::newUuid);
+    String expectedMessage = "No implementation found.";
+    assertEquals(expectedMessage, runtimeException.getMessage());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index dc30a5f59..90b6c55fa 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
-    <grpc.version>1.42.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version>
     <argLine>
       --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
     </argLine>