diff --git a/java-iam/grpc-google-iam-v1/build.gradle b/java-iam/grpc-google-iam-v1/build.gradle
index 955d835019b4..e4248671f3da 100644
--- a/java-iam/grpc-google-iam-v1/build.gradle
+++ b/java-iam/grpc-google-iam-v1/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
   compile 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.51.0'
-  compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.50.2'
+  compile 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.51.0'
   compile project(':proto-google-iam-v1')
 }