diff --git a/examples/grpc_server/go.mod b/examples/grpc_server/go.mod
index 397f6f65f0a..5f5155c51e1 100644
--- a/examples/grpc_server/go.mod
+++ b/examples/grpc_server/go.mod
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ module go.k6.io/k6/examples/grpc_server
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.7.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/examples/grpc_server/go.sum b/examples/grpc_server/go.sum
index b4639f1f65f..9433606d462 100644
--- a/examples/grpc_server/go.sum
+++ b/examples/grpc_server/go.sum
@@ -1,20 +1,36 @@
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0 h1:rJrUqqhjsgNp7KqAIc25s9pZnjU7TUcSY7HcVZjdn1g=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
+golang.org/x/net v0.9.0 h1:aWJ/m6xSmxWBx+V0XRHTlrYrPG56jKsLdTFmsSsCzOM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.9.0/go.mod h1:d48xBJpPfHeWQsugry2m+kC02ZBRGRgulfHnEXEuWns=
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 h1:3jlCCIQZPdOYu1h8BkNvLz8Kgwtae2cagcG/VamtZRU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0 h1:4BRB4x83lYWy72KwLD/qYDuTu7q9PjSagHvijDw7cLo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 h1:2sjJmO8cDvYveuX97RDLsxlyUxLl+GHoLxBiRdHllBE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f h1:BWUVssLB0HVOSY78gIdvk1dTVYtT1y8SBWtPYuTJ/6w=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1 h1:KpwkzHKEF7B9Zxg18WzOa7djJ+Ha5DzthMyZYQfEn2A=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1/go.mod h1:nKE/iIaLqn2bQwXBg8f1g2Ylh6r5MN5CmZvuzZCgsCU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0 h1:LAv2ds7cmFV/XTS3XG1NneeENYrXGmorPxsBbptIjNc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0/go.mod h1:OnIrk0ipVdj4N5d9IUoFUx72/VlD7+jUsHwZgwSMQpw=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.1 h1:z0dNfjIl0VpaZ9iSVjA6daGatAYwPGstTjt5vkRMFkQ=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.1/go.mod h1:I9bI3vqKfayGqPUAwGdOSu7kt6oIJLixfffKrpXqQ9s=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=