diff --git a/execution/scenarioExecutor.go b/execution/scenarioExecutor.go
index dd439e7b7..0b87bc819 100644
--- a/execution/scenarioExecutor.go
+++ b/execution/scenarioExecutor.go
@@ -145,12 +145,14 @@ func (e *scenarioExecutor) notifyBeforeConcept(conceptResult *result.ScenarioRes
 	message := &gauge_messages.Message{MessageType: gauge_messages.Message_ConceptExecutionStarting,
 		ConceptExecutionStartingRequest: &gauge_messages.ConceptExecutionStartingRequest{CurrentExecutionInfo: e.currentExecutionInfo, Stream: int32(e.stream)}}
 	e.pluginHandler.NotifyPlugins(message)
+	e.runner.ExecuteMessageWithTimeout(message)
 }
 
 func (e *scenarioExecutor) notifyAfterConcept(conceptResult *result.ScenarioResult) {
 	message := &gauge_messages.Message{MessageType: gauge_messages.Message_ConceptExecutionEnding,
 		ConceptExecutionEndingRequest: &gauge_messages.ConceptExecutionEndingRequest{CurrentExecutionInfo: e.currentExecutionInfo, Stream: int32(e.stream)}}
 	e.pluginHandler.NotifyPlugins(message)
+	e.runner.ExecuteMessageWithTimeout(message)
 }
 
 func (e *scenarioExecutor) createStepRequest(protoStep *gauge_messages.ProtoStep) *gauge_messages.ExecuteStepRequest {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b99a2d4d..90e38ec39 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/getgauge/gauge
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/apoorvam/goterminal v0.0.0-20180523175556-614d345c47e5
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
+
+replace github.com/getgauge/gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages => ../gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6be7c7a4f..fb78f4155 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nos
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/getgauge/common v0.0.0-20231026143554-1599dddc7f01 h1:YS9Wlu7GKlfQcPzs1tTQ30nsjeAdJeJUqQq+j35YpVo=
 github.com/getgauge/common v0.0.0-20231026143554-1599dddc7f01/go.mod h1:p/Q0+qO2bLq08PuxaHrxIgkvKlGGYHyXad33+zKIiXU=
-github.com/getgauge/gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages v0.0.0-20240122132601-bb92eb77d703 h1:ZFK55KGnHAFpwk4YbQsp8r1ybf76MQcEVba5V21qB7w=
-github.com/getgauge/gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages v0.0.0-20240122132601-bb92eb77d703/go.mod h1:grwwUhEUaDZHOj11RDIk5w7tciDv3fYDXeyYoL2BgGc=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
diff --git a/runner/grpcRunner.go b/runner/grpcRunner.go
index 6e2e310fc..844118c0b 100644
--- a/runner/grpcRunner.go
+++ b/runner/grpcRunner.go
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ func (r *GrpcRunner) invokeServiceFor(message *gm.Message) (*gm.Message, error)
 	case gm.Message_KillProcessRequest:
 		_, _ = r.RunnerClient.Kill(context.Background(), message.KillProcessRequest)
 		return nil, nil
+	case gm.Message_ConceptExecutionStarting:
+		_, err := r.RunnerClient.NotifyConceptExecutionStarting(context.Background(), message.ConceptExecutionStartingRequest)
+		return nil, err
+	case gm.Message_ConceptExecutionEnding:
+		_, err := r.RunnerClient.NotifyConceptExecutionEnding(context.Background(), message.ConceptExecutionEndingRequest)
+		return nil, err
 	default:
 		return nil, nil
 	}
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 028212ab2..35c331023 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CurrentGaugeVersion represents the current version of Gauge
-var CurrentGaugeVersion = &Version{1, 6, 1}
+var CurrentGaugeVersion = &Version{1, 6, 2}
 
 // BuildMetadata represents build information of current release (e.g, nightly build information)
 var BuildMetadata = ""