diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd2ac2387..bb0bfb388 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.20.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 
         <!-- dependencies -->
-        <grpc.version>1.8.0</grpc.version>
+        <grpc.version>1.44.0</grpc.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
         <auto-service.version>1.0-rc3</auto-service.version>
         <plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone.version>2.8.2</plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone.version>