diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 19e2ba2e2c5bb..9affa9b9a45f1 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jakarta_annotation = 1.3.5
 google_http_client = 1.44.1
 tdigest           = 3.3
 hdrhistogram      = 2.2.2
+grpc              = 1.68.0
 
 # when updating the JNA version, also update the version in buildSrc/build.gradle
 jna               = 5.13.0
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle b/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle
index 59c6d49f10763..a08fa1d968e30 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/discovery-gce/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
   api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:${versions.log4j}"
   api "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
-  api 'io.grpc:grpc-api:1.68.0'
+  api "io.grpc:grpc-api:${versions.grpc}"
   api 'io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.31.1'
   api 'io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-http-util:0.31.1'
   runtimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
index 904b5d8f08426..ab129ab7f116a 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:${versions.log4j}"
   api "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
   api 'org.threeten:threetenbp:1.4.4'
-  api 'io.grpc:grpc-api:1.57.2'
+  api "io.grpc:grpc-api:${versions.grpc}"
   api 'io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.31.1'
   api 'io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-http-util:0.31.1'
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/grpc-api-1.57.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/grpc-api-1.57.2.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b320fdd2f9cc..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/grpc-api-1.57.2.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c71a006b81ddae7bc4b7cb1d2da78c1b173761f4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/grpc-api-1.68.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/grpc-api-1.68.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bf45716c5b8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/grpc-api-1.68.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9a9f25c58d8d5b0fcf37ae889a50fec87e34ac08
\ No newline at end of file