diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e50762840..f08fa9be7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
             <!-- mockito 5.0 requires Java 11. -->
         <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.21.3</testcontainers.version>
-        <grpc.version>1.78.0</grpc.version> <!-- Used only in tests -->
+        <grpc.version>1.79.0</grpc.version> <!-- Used only in tests -->
 
         <maven.archiver.version>3.6.5</maven.archiver.version>
         <plexus.archiver.version>4.11.0</plexus.archiver.version>