diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/482.documentation.md b/doc/changelog.d/482.documentation.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..366bb62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/482.documentation.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MAINT: bump grpcio from 1.67.1 to 1.69.0
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce06e02a..3cba9ec6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = [
-    "grpcio==1.67.1",
+    "grpcio==1.69.0",
     "protobuf==5.28.0",
     "pytest==8.3.4",
     "pytest-cov==6.0.0",