diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 93c90c152..a4fe5b188 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Business Source License 1.1
 Parameters
 
 Licensor:             Lightbend, Inc.
-Licensed Work:        Akka gRPC 2.5.0
+Licensed Work:        Akka gRPC 2.5.1
                       This license applies to all sub directories and files
                       UNLESS another license file is present in a sub
                       directory, then that other license applies to all files
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Additional Use Grant:
     Connecting to a Play Framework websocket and/or Play Framework
     request/response bodies for server and play-ws client.
 
-Change Date:          2027-10-23
+Change Date:          2028-01-22
 
 Change License:       Apache License, Version 2.0
 
diff --git a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt
index cd865dea3..a68f49840 100644
--- a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/build.sbt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.13.15"
 
 lazy val akkaVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.version", "2.10.0")
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.4.0")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.5.1")
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
 // GraalVM native image build
diff --git a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
index 756f7e0d9..fb49c679a 100644
--- a/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/native-image-tests/grpc-scala/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")
 
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.4.0")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.grpc.version", "2.5.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % akkaGrpcVersion)
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-native-image" % "0.3.4")
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle
index 7611c091d..e377bbdca 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'application'
-  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.0'
+  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.1'
 }
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt
index 83b4f30c6..de16cbad9 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/build.sbt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.13.15"
 
 val akkaVersion = "2.10.0"
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.0")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.1")
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml
index 2bf478860..e6760afea 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <akka.version>2.10.0</akka.version>
-    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.0</akka-grpc.version>
+    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.1</akka-grpc.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
     <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
   </properties>
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt
index 5c818023b..291fed019 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-java/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")
 
 addSbtPlugin(
-  "com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.0"
+  "com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.1"
 )
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle
index f0c565a6e..ec53664cb 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'application'
-  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.0'
+  id 'com.lightbend.akka.grpc.gradle' version '2.5.1'
 }
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
index bc79a7825..3cdc8faa8 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 scalaVersion := "2.13.15"
 
 val akkaVersion = "2.10.0"
-lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.0")
+lazy val akkaGrpcVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-grpc.version", "2.5.1")
 
 enablePlugins(AkkaGrpcPlugin)
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
index c2ec34c1f..8d8973223 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <akka.version>2.10.0</akka.version>
-    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.0</akka-grpc.version>
+    <akka-grpc.version>2.5.1</akka-grpc.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
     <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
   </properties>
diff --git a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt
index 1f259276e..ee1e38939 100644
--- a/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-grpc-quickstart-scala/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka.grpc" % "sbt-akka-grpc" % "2.5.1")