diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.cfg b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.cfg
index 0308a229f8f..4d40278237b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.cfg
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/setup.cfg
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api == 0.12.dev0
     opentelemetry-sdk == 0.12.dev0
-    grpcio ~= 1.27
+    grpcio == 1.30
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =