diff --git a/examples/dyplomat/go.mod b/examples/dyplomat/go.mod
index 2fd572f97..f0e335c58 100644
--- a/examples/dyplomat/go.mod
+++ b/examples/dyplomat/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ replace (
 require (
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.14.0
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.37.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.4
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.4
diff --git a/examples/dyplomat/go.sum b/examples/dyplomat/go.sum
index 89940c4e4..b37b867b4 100644
--- a/examples/dyplomat/go.sum
+++ b/examples/dyplomat/go.sum
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171/go.mod h1:M5krXqk4GhBKvB596udGL3UyjL4I1+cTbK0orROM9ng=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171 h1:ggcbiqK8WWh6l1dnltU4BgWGIGo+EVYxCaAPih/zQXQ=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260226221140-a57be14db171/go.mod h1:4Hqkh8ycfw05ld/3BWL7rJOSfebL2Q+DVDeRgYgxUU8=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.0 h1:W3G9N3KQf3BU+YuCtGKJk0CmxQNbAISICD/9AORxLIw=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.0/go.mod h1:xGH9GfzOyMTGIOXBJmXt+BX/V0kcdQbdcuwQ/zNw42I=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1 h1:VnnIIZ88UzOOKLukQi+ImGz8O1Wdp8nAGGnvOfEIWQQ=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.81.1/go.mod h1:xGH9GfzOyMTGIOXBJmXt+BX/V0kcdQbdcuwQ/zNw42I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 h1:fV6ZwhNocDyBLK0dj+fg8ektcVegBBuEolpbTQyBNVE=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=