diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3f499cf7ae..a5d7ef5bbb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.4
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210114201628-6edceaf6022f
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.35.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.36.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.61.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0