diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b5c0998122..f9a66a5aef 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.4
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2
 	tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface v1.1.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9b35592064..46579d14fc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171/go.mod h1:M5krXqk4GhBKvB596udGL3UyjL4I1+cTbK0orROM9ng=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171 h1:ggcbiqK8WWh6l1dnltU4BgWGIGo+EVYxCaAPih/zQXQ=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171/go.mod h1:4Hqkh8ycfw05ld/3BWL7rJOSfebL2Q+DVDeRgYgxUU8=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.0 h1:W3G9N3KQf3BU+YuCtGKJk0CmxQNbAISICD/9AORxLIw=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.0/go.mod h1:xGH9GfzOyMTGIOXBJmXt+BX/V0kcdQbdcuwQ/zNw42I=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1 h1:VnnIIZ88UzOOKLukQi+ImGz8O1Wdp8nAGGnvOfEIWQQ=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1/go.mod h1:xGH9GfzOyMTGIOXBJmXt+BX/V0kcdQbdcuwQ/zNw42I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 h1:fV6ZwhNocDyBLK0dj+fg8ektcVegBBuEolpbTQyBNVE=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=