diff --git a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradle.patch-modules.gradle.kts b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradle.patch-modules.gradle.kts
index 92ff97535..913408e8b 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradle.patch-modules.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/com.hedera.gradle.patch-modules.gradle.kts
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ extraJavaModuleInfo {
 
     module("com.esaulpaugh:headlong", "com.esaulpaugh.headlong")
     module("com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations", "com.github.spotbugs.annotations")
-    module("com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations", "com.google.errorprone.annotations")
+    module("com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations", "com.google.errorprone.annotations") {
+        patchRealModule()
+        exportAllPackages()
+        requireAllDefinedDependencies()
+    }
     module("com.google.guava:failureaccess", "com.google.common.util.concurrent.internal")
     module("com.google.guava:guava", "com.google.common") {
         exportAllPackages()
diff --git a/sdk-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts b/sdk-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts
index 9a302c381..21484406e 100644
--- a/sdk-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sdk-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies.constraints {
     api("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite:1.64.0") {
         because("io.grpc.protobuf")
     }
-    api("io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.64.0") {
+    api("io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.68.1") {
         because("io.grpc.stub")
     }
     api("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2") {