diff --git a/packages/eventgenerator/spec b/packages/eventgenerator/spec
index a1dee44418..6245f4e2b2 100644
--- a/packages/eventgenerator/spec
+++ b/packages/eventgenerator/spec
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ files:
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/backoff/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/base/* # gosub
-- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/state/* # gosub
+- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/grpclbstate/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/roundrobin/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/binarylog/grpc_binarylog_v1/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/channelz/* # gosub
diff --git a/packages/metricsforwarder/spec b/packages/metricsforwarder/spec
index 4f0a78bd58..b20e8425c0 100644
--- a/packages/metricsforwarder/spec
+++ b/packages/metricsforwarder/spec
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ files:
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/backoff/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/base/* # gosub
-- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/state/* # gosub
+- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/grpclbstate/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/roundrobin/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/binarylog/grpc_binarylog_v1/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/channelz/* # gosub
diff --git a/packages/metricsgateway/spec b/packages/metricsgateway/spec
index fbba366ab0..46b1384099 100644
--- a/packages/metricsgateway/spec
+++ b/packages/metricsgateway/spec
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ files:
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/backoff/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/base/* # gosub
-- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/state/* # gosub
+- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/grpclbstate/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/roundrobin/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/binarylog/grpc_binarylog_v1/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/channelz/* # gosub
diff --git a/packages/metricsserver/spec b/packages/metricsserver/spec
index 59ef4978dc..95ca82b818 100644
--- a/packages/metricsserver/spec
+++ b/packages/metricsserver/spec
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ files:
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/backoff/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/base/* # gosub
-- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/state/* # gosub
+- autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/grpclb/grpclbstate/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/balancer/roundrobin/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/binarylog/grpc_binarylog_v1/* # gosub
 - autoscaler/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/channelz/* # gosub
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/go.mod b/src/autoscaler/go.mod
index 814e6b7601..eb8712da08 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/go.mod
+++ b/src/autoscaler/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230108222341-4b8118a2686a
 	golang.org/x/net v0.5.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.52.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/go.sum b/src/autoscaler/go.sum
index 7b3b37ba98..d7f49ff9d9 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/go.sum
+++ b/src/autoscaler/go.sum
@@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.31.1/go.mod h1:N36X2cJ7JwdamYAgDz+s+rVMFjt3numwzf/HckM
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.2/go.mod h1:JMHMWHQWaTccqQQlmk3MJZS+GWXOdAesneDmEnv2fbc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.34.0/go.mod h1:WotjhfgOW/POjDeRt8vscBtXq+2VjORFy659qA51WJ8=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.35.0/go.mod h1:qjiiYl8FncCW8feJPdyg3v6XW24KsRHe+dy9BAGRRjU=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0 h1:E1eGv1FTqoLIdnBCZufiSHgKjlqG6fKFf6pPWtMTh8U=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0/go.mod h1:wgNDFcnuBGmxLKI/qn4T+m5BtEBYXJPvibbUPsAIPww=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.52.0 h1:kd48UiU7EHsV4rnLyOJRuP/Il/UHE7gdDAQ+SZI7nZk=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.52.0/go.mod h1:pu6fVzoFb+NBYNAvQL08ic+lvB2IojljRYuun5vorUY=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/auth/auth_suite_test.go b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/auth/auth_suite_test.go
index 1f04a0ee1e..9ce353010f 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/auth/auth_suite_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/auth/auth_suite_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ var _ = SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 			CertFile:   filepath.Join(testCertDir, "metron.crt"),
 			CACertFile: filepath.Join(testCertDir, "loggregator-ca.crt"),
 		},
+		MetronAddress: "invalid-host-name-blah:12345",
 	}
 	serverConfig := config.ServerConfig{
 		Port: 2222 + GinkgoParallelProcess(),
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go
index 2a98c8627a..413d4e3c85 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/metricsforwarder/server/server_suite_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ var _ = SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 			CertFile:   filepath.Join(testCertDir, "metron.crt"),
 			CACertFile: filepath.Join(testCertDir, "loggregator-ca.crt"),
 		},
+		MetronAddress: "invalid-host-name-blah:12345",
 	}
 	serverConfig := config.ServerConfig{
 		Port: 2222 + GinkgoParallelProcess(),