diff --git a/demos/reactive-grpc-examples/pom.xml b/demos/reactive-grpc-examples/pom.xml
index 44495e40..43e25f31 100644
--- a/demos/reactive-grpc-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/reactive-grpc-examples/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <reactive.grpc.version>1.0.0</reactive.grpc.version>
-        <grpc.version>1.42.1</grpc.version>
+        <grpc.version>1.53.0</grpc.version>
         <protoc.version>3.9.0</protoc.version>
     </properties>