diff --git a/grpc/flatbuffers-java-grpc/pom.xml b/grpc/flatbuffers-java-grpc/pom.xml
index 11aa0bd1b..a9d182d37 100644
--- a/grpc/flatbuffers-java-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc/flatbuffers-java-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.flatbuffers</groupId>
         <artifactId>flatbuffers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>flatbuffers-java-grpc</artifactId>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
     <properties>
-        <gRPC.version>1.8.0</gRPC.version>
+        <gRPC.version>1.9.0</gRPC.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc/pom.xml b/grpc/pom.xml
index b43369e35..fa911761d 100644
--- a/grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>com.google.flatbuffers</groupId>
     <artifactId>flatbuffers-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <version>1.9.0</version>
     <name>flatbuffers-parent</name>
     <description>parent pom for flatbuffers java artifacts</description>
     <properties>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <modules>
-<!-- consider the benefits of publishing all maven artifacts in this project 
+<!-- consider the benefits of publishing all maven artifacts in this project
 
         <module>flatbuffers-compiler</module>
         <module>flatbuffers-java</module>
diff --git a/grpc/tests/pom.xml b/grpc/tests/pom.xml
index cfd908b5f..e39a8753a 100644
--- a/grpc/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc/tests/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.flatbuffers</groupId>
         <artifactId>flatbuffers-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>grpc-test</artifactId>
     <description>Example/Test project demonstrating usage of flatbuffers with GRPC-Java instead of protobufs
     </description>
     <properties>
-        <gRPC.version>1.8.0</gRPC.version>
+        <gRPC.version>1.9.0</gRPC.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>