diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 99f337e2a..18e2a064f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	// manually pin otelgrpc to v0.46.0, until it is addresses in csi-lib-utils upstream
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.53.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7c51f1297..18e4673fe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 h1:Ci3iUJyx9UeRx7CeFN8ARgGbkESwJK+KB9lLcWxY/Zw
 gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:AH3dM2RI6uoBZxn3LVrfvJ3E0/9dG4cSrbuBJT4moAY=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 h1:pPJltXNxVzT4pK9yD8vR9X75DaWYYmLGMsEvBfFQZzQ=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0 h1:aHQeeJbo8zAkAa3pRzrVjZlbz6uSfeOXlJNQM0RAbz0=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0/go.mod h1:fmSPC5AsjSBCK54MyHRx48kpOti1/jRfOlwEWywNjWA=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1 h1:oI5oTa11+ng8r8XMMN7jAOmWfPZWbYpCFaMUTACxkM0=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1/go.mod h1:+q1XYFJjShcqn0QZHvCyeR4CXPA+llXIeUIfIe00waw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/internal/resolver/dns/dns_resolver.go b/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/internal/resolver/dns/dns_resolver.go
index 8691698ef..374c12fb7 100644
--- a/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/internal/resolver/dns/dns_resolver.go
+++ b/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/internal/resolver/dns/dns_resolver.go
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ func (d *dnsResolver) watcher() {
 }
 
 func (d *dnsResolver) lookupSRV(ctx context.Context) ([]resolver.Address, error) {
-	if !EnableSRVLookups {
+	// Skip this particular host to avoid timeouts with some versions of
+	// systemd-resolved.
+	if !EnableSRVLookups || d.host == "metadata.google.internal." {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	var newAddrs []resolver.Address
diff --git a/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/version.go b/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/version.go
index d50e84359..5a47094ae 100644
--- a/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/version.go
+++ b/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/version.go
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 package grpc
 
 // Version is the current grpc version.
-const Version = "1.68.0"
+const Version = "1.68.1"
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index b6209bdc4..50a302f71 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2
 # google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc/status
-# google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
-## explicit; go 1.22.7
+# google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.1
+## explicit; go 1.22
 google.golang.org/grpc
 google.golang.org/grpc/attributes
 google.golang.org/grpc/backoff