diff --git a/engines/stt-transcribe/riva/requirements.txt b/engines/stt-transcribe/riva/requirements.txt
index 1bf48b81..63f98906 100644
--- a/engines/stt-transcribe/riva/requirements.txt
+++ b/engines/stt-transcribe/riva/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 # NVIDIA Riva client for gRPC communication with NIM sidecar
 nvidia-riva-client>=2.25.1
-grpcio>=1.80.0
+grpcio>=1.81.0
 protobuf>=4.25.0,<7.0.0