diff --git a/cdm/gcdm/src/test/java/ucar/gcdm/client/GcdmNetcdfFile.java b/cdm/gcdm/src/test/java/ucar/gcdm/client/GcdmNetcdfFile.java
index fae6a4524a..9fc514bb2c 100644
--- a/cdm/gcdm/src/test/java/ucar/gcdm/client/GcdmNetcdfFile.java
+++ b/cdm/gcdm/src/test/java/ucar/gcdm/client/GcdmNetcdfFile.java
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ private void openChannel() {
       this.channel = ManagedChannelBuilder.forTarget(target)
           // Channels are secure by default (via SSL/TLS). For now, we disable TLS to avoid needing certificates.
           .usePlaintext() //
-          .enableFullStreamDecompression() //
           .maxInboundMessageSize(MAX_MESSAGE) //
           .build();
 
diff --git a/gradle/any/protobuf.gradle b/gradle/any/protobuf.gradle
index 107ee7e8fd..9acc2ecdc3 100644
--- a/gradle/any/protobuf.gradle
+++ b/gradle/any/protobuf.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ protobuf {
 // considering deprecating their plugin and upstreaming it to JetBrains. Might not be a good bet to start relying on
 // the idea plugin at this point.
 // https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/1366#issuecomment-546928184
-sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs += ['build/generated/source/proto/main/java']
+sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs += ['build/generated/sources/proto/main/java',
+                                 'build/generated/sources/proto/main/grpc']
 
 jacocoTestReport {
   afterEvaluate {
@@ -27,4 +28,5 @@ jacocoTestReport {
   }
 }
 
+compileJava.dependsOn 'generateProto'
 sourceJar.dependsOn 'generateProto'
diff --git a/gradle/any/shared-mvn-coords.gradle b/gradle/any/shared-mvn-coords.gradle
index eef9b96e82..1d566b1d25 100644
--- a/gradle/any/shared-mvn-coords.gradle
+++ b/gradle/any/shared-mvn-coords.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ext {
   buildPlugins.shadow = 'com.gradleup.shadow:com.gradleup.shadow.gradle.plugin:8.3.5'
   buildPlugins.sonarqube = 'org.sonarsource.scanner.gradle:sonarqube-gradle-plugin:3.0'
   buildPlugins.spotless = 'com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:5.17.1'
-  buildPlugins.protobuf = 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.18'
+  buildPlugins.protobuf = 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.9.5'
   buildPlugins.depcheck = 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:8.2.1'
 
   // slf4j version is declared in a place where we cannot use the tds-platform project to handle resolving versions
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ ext {
   // coords.
   depVersion = [:]
   depVersion.slf4j = '2.0.17'
-  depVersion.protobuf = '3.25.5'
-  depVersion.grpc = '1.60.0'
+  depVersion.protobuf = '4.31.1'
+  depVersion.grpc = '1.73.0'
 }