diff --git a/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml b/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml
index 8328657b5b2..94e73b97452 100644
--- a/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml
+++ b/kube-fluentd-operator.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: kube-fluentd-operator
   version: 1.17.5
-  epoch: 1
+  epoch: 2
   description: Auto-configuration of Fluentd daemon-set based on Kubernetes metadata
   copyright:
     - license: MIT
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ pipeline:
       cd fluent-plugin-google-cloud
       git checkout ${{vars.FLUENT_PLUGIN_GOOGLE_CLOUD_COMMIT}}
 
+      # to fix some CVEs in the grpc
+      sed -e "s/'grpc', '1.52.0'/'grpc', '1.53.0'/g" -i fluent-plugin-google-cloud.gemspec
+
       bundle config set --local path ${GEM_DIR}
       bundle config set --local without 'development test'
       bundle install