diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 06b60c4ef2ab6f8bbfc9daddad0500a1f9f3c0bf..31826ead8bf76d7c104cfe714995217258d00c58 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-grpcio
+grpcio>=1.28.1
 protobuf==3.9.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index fa9deeab525678ab5bde08a816d1d6aec813d413..85e85786589b81203f382cf021293f306eb7f457 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ python_requires = >=3.7
 zip_safe = False
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm
 install_requires =
-    grpcio==1.28.1
+    grpcio>=1.28.1
     protobuf==3.9.0
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