diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml b/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
index 910316375ca4..27a53c4fdc78 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     <api-client.version>1.23.0</api-client.version>
     <gax.version>1.27.0</gax.version>
     <google.auth.version>0.9.1</google.auth.version>
-    <grpc.version>1.10.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.12.0</grpc.version>
     <nettyssl.version>2.0.7.Final</nettyssl.version>
     <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
     <http-client.version>1.23.0</http-client.version>