diff --git a/opencensus/requirements.txt b/opencensus/requirements.txt
index 4515e5a3c73..11f43ebab9d 100644
--- a/opencensus/requirements.txt
+++ b/opencensus/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-grpcio==1.23.0
+grpcio==1.53.0
 opencensus-ext-stackdriver==0.7.2
 opencensus==0.7.3