diff --git a/lib/client/proxy/insecure/insecure.go b/lib/client/proxy/insecure/insecure.go
index 97f7414be6101..28ef99c8cbb0e 100644
--- a/lib/client/proxy/insecure/insecure.go
+++ b/lib/client/proxy/insecure/insecure.go
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ func NewConnection(
 		client.WithALPNConnUpgrade(alpnConnUpgrade),
 	)
 
-	conn, err := grpc.NewClient(
+	//nolint:staticcheck // ignore deprecation until https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/issues/7556 is fixed, at which point we should switch to grpc.NewClient.
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(
 		params.ProxyServer,
 		grpc.WithContextDialer(client.GRPCContextDialer(dialer)),
 		grpc.WithUnaryInterceptor(metadata.UnaryClientInterceptor),