diff --git a/examples/go.mod b/examples/go.mod
index 8be62bc7b4a3..14df30f8b5ae 100644
--- a/examples/go.mod
+++ b/examples/go.mod
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.30.0-dev.1
 )
+
+replace google.golang.org/grpc v1.30.0-dev.1 => ../