diff --git a/src/userservice/requirements.in b/src/userservice/requirements.in
index f1daa99..512d330 100644
--- a/src/userservice/requirements.in
+++ b/src/userservice/requirements.in
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy==0.30b1
 flask-management-endpoints==1.1.0
 
 # Hard-code the following to the pre-installed wheel versions
-grpcio==1.39.0
+grpcio==1.53.0
 six==1.16.0
 
 # Hard-code the following to debian package version
diff --git a/src/userservice/requirements.txt b/src/userservice/requirements.txt
index 022f6ff..b3bd6f3 100644
--- a/src/userservice/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/userservice/requirements.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ flask-management-endpoints==1.1.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 googleapis-common-protos==1.56.1
     # via opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
-grpcio==1.39.0
+grpcio==1.53.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   bcrypt
     #   bleach
     #   cryptography
-    #   grpcio
 sqlalchemy==1.3.22
     # via -r requirements.in
 typing-extensions==4.2.0