diff --git a/kafka-connect/build.gradle b/kafka-connect/build.gradle
index 009ae719bac5..43eb245d93a3 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/build.gradle
+++ b/kafka-connect/build.gradle
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ project(':iceberg-kafka-connect:iceberg-kafka-connect-runtime') {
         force 'org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty:hadoop-shaded-guava:1.5.0'
         force 'com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.7.0'
         force 'commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:1.11.0'
-        force 'io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.80.0'
+        force 'io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.81.0'
       }
     }
   }