diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 75645d17..afb66961 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ updates.pin = [
   # when we update to protobuf 4.x we probably need to update a bunch of libraries
   # in tandem, and possibly schedule this for a major pekko-grpc release
   { groupId = "com.google.protobuf", version = "3." }
+
+  # Issues when using GRPC 1.68+ - https://github.com/apache/pekko-grpc/pull/397
+  { groupId = "io.grpc", version = "1.67." }
 ]
 
 updatePullRequests = "always"