diff --git a/gcp-tracing/build.gradle b/gcp-tracing/build.gradle
index af6378ddb..682eb2c93 100644
--- a/gcp-tracing/build.gradle
+++ b/gcp-tracing/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation'io.zipkin.gcp:zipkin-sender-stackdriver:1.0.2'
     implementation 'io.zipkin.gcp:brave-propagation-stackdriver:1.0.4'
-    implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-auth:1.39.0'
+    implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-auth:1.44.1'
 
     implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded:1.44.1'
     implementation "io.opentracing.brave:brave-opentracing:1.0.0"