diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/990.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/990.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb92f6c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/990.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump grpcio from 1.68.0 to 1.68.1 in the core group
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d1a0265d..1ff392498 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ tests = [
 doc = [
     "sphinx==8.1.3",
     "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.2.2",
-    "grpcio==1.68.0",
+    "grpcio==1.68.1",
     "imageio-ffmpeg==0.5.1",
     "imageio==2.36.0",
     "jupyter_sphinx==0.5.3",