diff --git a/java/datastax-v4/protobuf-user-defined-types/pom.xml b/java/datastax-v4/protobuf-user-defined-types/pom.xml
index f3aafb6..bea6d33 100644
--- a/java/datastax-v4/protobuf-user-defined-types/pom.xml
+++ b/java/datastax-v4/protobuf-user-defined-types/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>1.42.1</version>
+            <version>1.53.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>