diff --git a/gax-java/dependencies.properties b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
index b2c3467f87..9fd3c7b831 100644
--- a/gax-java/dependencies.properties
+++ b/gax-java/dependencies.properties
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ version.gax_httpjson=0.108.3-SNAPSHOT
 # with the sources.
 version.com_google_protobuf=3.21.10
 version.google_java_format=1.15.0
-version.io_grpc=1.51.0
+version.io_grpc=1.53.0
 
 # Maven artifacts.
 # Note, the actual name of each property matters (bazel build scripts depend on it).