diff --git a/examples/extension-server/go.mod b/examples/extension-server/go.mod
index 2391d48906d..22453d4eefb 100644
--- a/examples/extension-server/go.mod
+++ b/examples/extension-server/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/envoyproxy/gateway v1.0.2
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.13.1
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.5
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.2
diff --git a/examples/extension-server/go.sum b/examples/extension-server/go.sum
index 2b7ea881bf0..e8f8328bccb 100644
--- a/examples/extension-server/go.sum
+++ b/examples/extension-server/go.sum
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241104194629-dd2ea8efbc28 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241104194629-dd2ea8efbc28/go.mod h1:dguCy7UOdZhTvLzDyt15+rOrawrpM4q7DD9dQ1P11P4=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241104194629-dd2ea8efbc28 h1:XVhgTWWV3kGQlwJHR3upFWZeTsei6Oks1apkZSeonIE=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241104194629-dd2ea8efbc28/go.mod h1:GX3210XPVPUjJbTUbvwI8f2IpZDMZuPJWDzDuebbviI=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0 h1:aHQeeJbo8zAkAa3pRzrVjZlbz6uSfeOXlJNQM0RAbz0=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0/go.mod h1:fmSPC5AsjSBCK54MyHRx48kpOti1/jRfOlwEWywNjWA=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1 h1:oI5oTa11+ng8r8XMMN7jAOmWfPZWbYpCFaMUTACxkM0=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1/go.mod h1:+q1XYFJjShcqn0QZHvCyeR4CXPA+llXIeUIfIe00waw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dddca4d3e27..1c68afcc455 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/docker v27.3.1+incompatible
 	github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot v0.107.5
 	github.com/tetratelabs/func-e v1.1.5-0.20240822223546-c85a098d5bf0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/kubectl-validate v0.0.5-0.20240827210056-ce13d95db263
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 105d8619670..46d10a73485 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1101,8 +1101,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQ
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.2/go.mod h1:JMHMWHQWaTccqQQlmk3MJZS+GWXOdAesneDmEnv2fbc=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0 h1:aHQeeJbo8zAkAa3pRzrVjZlbz6uSfeOXlJNQM0RAbz0=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0/go.mod h1:fmSPC5AsjSBCK54MyHRx48kpOti1/jRfOlwEWywNjWA=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1 h1:oI5oTa11+ng8r8XMMN7jAOmWfPZWbYpCFaMUTACxkM0=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1/go.mod h1:+q1XYFJjShcqn0QZHvCyeR4CXPA+llXIeUIfIe00waw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=