diff --git a/showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITClientShutdown.java b/showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITClientShutdown.java
index e2e12f643b..1fc72ca4e9 100644
--- a/showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITClientShutdown.java
+++ b/showcase/gapic-showcase/src/test/java/com/google/showcase/v1beta1/it/ITClientShutdown.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public void testGrpc_rpcInvokedWithLargeTimeout_closeClientOnceResponseReceived(
             .setMaxAttempts(1)
             .build();
     EchoClient grpcClient =
-        TestClientInitializer.createHttpJsonEchoClientCustomBlockSettings(
+        TestClientInitializer.createGrpcEchoClientCustomBlockSettings(
             defaultRetrySettings, ImmutableSet.of(StatusCode.Code.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED));
 
     BlockRequest blockRequest =