diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9413503a5..bb6d1259d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-common-protos</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9.5</version>
+        <version>2.9.6</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>