diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 188d1d74d4..ee3c4c9751 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   </licenses>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</site.installationModule>
-    <grpc.version>1.25.0</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.26.0</grpc.version>
     <api-client.version>1.30.7</api-client.version>
     <google.core.version>1.92.0</google.core.version>
     <gax.version>1.52.0</gax.version>