diff --git a/.changeset/new-bananas-decide.md b/.changeset/new-bananas-decide.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc76628a26e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/new-bananas-decide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@firebase/firestore": minor
+---
+
+Update the grpc dependency to the latest version.
diff --git a/packages/firestore/package.json b/packages/firestore/package.json
index 8a3449ddd6e..c6b36f04c04 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/package.json
+++ b/packages/firestore/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "@firebase/logger": "0.4.0",
     "@firebase/util": "1.9.3",
     "@firebase/webchannel-wrapper": "0.10.1",
-    "@grpc/grpc-js": "~1.7.0",
+    "@grpc/grpc-js": "~1.8.17",
     "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.6.13",
     "node-fetch": "2.6.7",
     "tslib": "^2.1.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d1d567bee16..36e02f1c7a6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1836,10 +1836,10 @@
     "@grpc/proto-loader" "^0.6.4"
     "@types/node" ">=12.12.47"
 
-"@grpc/grpc-js@~1.7.0":
-  version "1.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@grpc/grpc-js/-/grpc-js-1.7.3.tgz#f2ea79f65e31622d7f86d4b4c9ae38f13ccab99a"
-  integrity sha512-H9l79u4kJ2PVSxUNA08HMYAnUBLj9v6KjYQ7SQ71hOZcEXhShE/y5iQCesP8+6/Ik/7i2O0a10bPquIcYfufog==
+"@grpc/grpc-js@~1.8.17":
+  version "1.8.17"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@grpc/grpc-js/-/grpc-js-1.8.17.tgz#a3a2f826fc033eae7d2f5ee41e0ab39cee948838"
+  integrity sha512-DGuSbtMFbaRsyffMf+VEkVu8HkSXEUfO3UyGJNtqxW9ABdtTIA+2UXAJpwbJS+xfQxuwqLUeELmL6FuZkOqPxw==
   dependencies:
     "@grpc/proto-loader" "^0.7.0"
     "@types/node" ">=12.12.47"