diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index b5cc66636..0fd1d0c5a 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ langchain-openai = ">=0.2.12"
 # langchain-community is a Python library that contains ommmunity extensions
 langchain-community = ">=0.3.14"
 # grpcio is a Python library for working with gRPC.   Needed by Google Vertex AI
-grpcio = { version = "==1.66.0", index = "alpine-wheels" }
+grpcio = { version = "==1.70.0", index = "alpine-wheels" }
 # langchain-google-community is a Python library that contains Google community extensions
 langchain-google-community = ">=2.0.3"
 # langgraph is a Python library for building language models
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index d197e0426..492aee7f1 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "4035bfb5d4a06fd986dd43ad0f82785acc8f57c4e4e8b63085437995e2494831"
+            "sha256": "b6357e63cf7c12402a96cc16e4f69132350fe056b2c8efefef75690143f1736a"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -702,11 +702,65 @@
         },
         "grpcio": {
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-            "index": "alpine-wheels",
-            "version": "==1.66.0"
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "version": "==1.70.0"
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