diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1c22300f..18d4f38b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ allprojects {
                   "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.8.1",
                   "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.4.14",
                   "commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15",
-                  "commons-io:commons-io:2.14.0",
-                  "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.25.5"
+                  "commons-io:commons-io:2.14.0"
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 43012e38..cebb2f56 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ aeron = "1.46.7"
 checkstyle = "10.21.0"
 junit = "5.11.3"
 jmh = "1.37"
-grpc = "1.68.2"
+grpc = "1.69.0"
 protoc = "3.25.5"
 kafka = "3.8.1"
 slf4j = "2.0.16"