diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cab4f3627..a7ad2d85b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.210.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241118233622-e639e219e697
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.8.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8b17d4f8d..7327c5df5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -391,6 +391,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.32.0 h1:xV2umtmNcThh2/a/aCP+h64Xx5wsj8qqnkYZk
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.32.0/go.mod h1:jH7CIbbK6SH2V2wE16W05BHCtIDzauciCRLoc/SyMv8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.32.0 h1:RNxepc9vK59A8XsgZQouW8ue8Gkb4jpWtJm9ge5lEG4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.32.0/go.mod h1:LqgegDBjKMmb2GC6/PrTnteJG39I8/vJCAP9LlJXEjU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0 h1:i9hxxLJF/9kkvfHppyLL55aW7iIJz4JjxTeYusH7zMc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.31.0/go.mod h1:CRInTMVvNhUKgSAMbKyTMxqOBC0zgyxzW55lZzX43Y8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0 h1:WIC9mYrXf8TmY/EXuULKc8hR17vE+Hjv2cssQDe03fM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0/go.mod h1:+i4rkvCraA+tG6AzwloGaCtkx53Fa+L+V8e9a7YvhT8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 h1:TrMUixzpM0yuc/znrFTP9MMRh8trP93mkCiDVeXrui0=
@@ -526,8 +528,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQ
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.29.1/go.mod h1:itym6AZVZYACWQqET3MqgPpjcuV5QH3BxFS3IjizoKk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.2/go.mod h1:JMHMWHQWaTccqQQlmk3MJZS+GWXOdAesneDmEnv2fbc=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1 h1:oI5oTa11+ng8r8XMMN7jAOmWfPZWbYpCFaMUTACxkM0=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1/go.mod h1:+q1XYFJjShcqn0QZHvCyeR4CXPA+llXIeUIfIe00waw=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.0 h1:quSiOM1GJPmPH5XtU+BCoVXcDVJJAzNcoyfC2cCjGkI=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.0/go.mod h1:vyjdE6jLBI76dgpDojsFGNaHlxdjXN9ghpnd2o7JGZ4=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=