deps: update grpc dependencies to v1.68.0 (#3220)

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| [io.grpc:grpc-core](https://redirect.github.com/grpc/grpc-java) |
`1.66.0` -> `1.68.0` |
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| [io.grpc:grpc-bom](https://redirect.github.com/grpc/grpc-java) |
`1.66.0` -> `1.68.0` |
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.cloudbuild/library_generation/library_generation.Dockerfile

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SHELL [ "/bin/bash", "-c" ]
 
 ARG OWLBOT_CLI_COMMITTISH=ac84fa5c423a0069bbce3d2d869c9730c8fdf550
 ARG PROTOC_VERSION=25.5
-ARG GRPC_VERSION=1.66.0
+ARG GRPC_VERSION=1.68.0
 ENV HOME=/home
 ENV OS_ARCHITECTURE="linux-x86_64"
 

gapic-generator-java-pom-parent/pom.xml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <!-- External dependencies, especially gRPC and Protobuf version, should be
         consistent across modules in this repository -->
     <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
-    <grpc.version>1.66.0</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.68.0</grpc.version>
     <google.auth.version>1.27.0</google.auth.version>
     <google.http-client.version>1.45.0</google.http-client.version>
     <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>