diff --git a/flytetester/requirements.txt b/flytetester/requirements.txt
index c29c4d1..523677d 100644
--- a/flytetester/requirements.txt
+++ b/flytetester/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ flytekit[sidecar,schema]==0.30.0
 statsd
 opencv-python
 k8s-proto>=0.0.2
-grpcio==1.27.2
+grpcio==1.53.2
 papermill