diff --git a/ballista/rust/core/Cargo.toml b/ballista/rust/core/Cargo.toml
index 800ed53be0db..899b2f80f889 100644
--- a/ballista/rust/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ballista/rust/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["v4"] }
 tempfile = "3"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build = { version = "0.6" }
+tonic-build = { version = "0.8" }
diff --git a/ballista/rust/scheduler/Cargo.toml b/ballista/rust/scheduler/Cargo.toml
index 25465adf53e5..7de22e740591 100644
--- a/ballista/rust/scheduler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ballista/rust/scheduler/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 configure_me_codegen = "0.4.1"
-tonic-build = { version = "0.6" }
+tonic-build = { version = "0.8" }
diff --git a/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml
index 5b1cdae72cb2..278df4ba48fa 100644
--- a/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ datafusion = { path = "../core", version = "7.0.0" }
 prost = "0.9"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build = { version = "0.6" }
+tonic-build = { version = "0.8" }