diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7e6c9f6..320abbf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-mime v0.0.0-20230322103455-7d82a3887f2f // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.7 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5692890..583b253 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gertd/go-pluralize v0.2.1 h1:M3uASbVjMnTsPb0PNqg+E/24Vwigyo/tvyMTtAlLgiA=
 github.com/gertd/go-pluralize v0.2.1/go.mod h1:rbYaKDbsXxmRfr8uygAEKhOWsjyrrqrkHVpZvoOp8zk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.19.1 h1:/c3QmbOGMGTOumP2iT/rCwB7b0QDGLKzqOmktBjT+Is=
@@ -114,12 +118,15 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240304212257-790db918fca8 h1:8eadJkXbwDEMNwcB5O0s5Y5eCfyuCLdvaiOIaGTrWmQ=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240304212257-790db918fca8/go.mod h1:O1cOfN1Cy6QEYr7VxtjOyP5AdAuR0aJ/MYZaaof623Y=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240304212257-790db918fca8 h1:IR+hp6ypxjH24bkMfEJ0yHR21+gwPWdV+/IBrPQyn3k=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240304212257-790db918fca8/go.mod h1:UCOku4NytXMJuLQE5VuqA5lX3PcHCBo8pxNyvkf4xBs=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.0 h1:WjKe+dnvABXyPJMD7KDNLxtoGk5tgk+YFWN6cBWjZE8=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.0/go.mod h1:WAX/8DgncnokcFUldAxq7GeB5DXHDbMF+lLvDomNkRA=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/pkg/state/protobuf/client/client_test.go b/pkg/state/protobuf/client/client_test.go
index 8f6bde6..4cace5f 100644
--- a/pkg/state/protobuf/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/protobuf/client/client_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestProtobufSkipUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	defer grpcServer.Stop()
 
-	grpcConn, err := grpc.NewClient("unix://"+sock.Name(), grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+	grpcConn, err := grpc.Dial("unix://"+sock.Name(), grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	defer noError(t, (*grpc.ClientConn).Close, grpcConn)
diff --git a/pkg/state/protobuf/protobuf_test.go b/pkg/state/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
index 074df03..aea3236 100644
--- a/pkg/state/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/protobuf/protobuf_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestProtobufConformance(t *testing.T) {
 	defer func() { <-ch }() // ensure that gorotuine is stopped
 	defer grpcServer.Stop()
 
-	grpcConn, err := grpc.NewClient("unix://"+sock.Name(), grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+	grpcConn, err := grpc.Dial("unix://"+sock.Name(), grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	defer noError(t, (*grpc.ClientConn).Close, grpcConn, fs.ErrNotExist)