diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index effad6458..43e5eb628 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- 1.63.6 -->
+<!-- 1.63.7 -->
 # Fortio
 
 [![Awesome Go](https://fortio.org/mentioned-badge.svg)](https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go#networking)
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ You can install from source:
 The [releases](https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases) page has binaries for many OS/architecture combinations (see assets):
 
 ```shell
-curl -L https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.6/fortio-linux_amd64-1.63.6.tgz \
+curl -L https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.7/fortio-linux_amd64-1.63.7.tgz \
  | sudo tar -C / -xvzpf -
 # or the debian package
-wget https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.6/fortio_1.63.6_amd64.deb
-dpkg -i fortio_1.63.6_amd64.deb
+wget https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.7/fortio_1.63.7_amd64.deb
+dpkg -i fortio_1.63.7_amd64.deb
 # or the rpm
-rpm -i https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.6/fortio-1.63.6-1.x86_64.rpm
+rpm -i https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.7/fortio-1.63.7-1.x86_64.rpm
 # and more, see assets in release page
 ```
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ On a MacOS you can also install Fortio using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
 brew install fortio
 ```
 
-On Windows, download https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.6/fortio_win_1.63.6.zip and extract `fortio.exe` to any location, then using the Windows Command Prompt:
+On Windows, download https://github.com/fortio/fortio/releases/download/v1.63.7/fortio_win_1.63.7.zip and extract `fortio.exe` to any location, then using the Windows Command Prompt:
 ```
 fortio.exe server
 ```
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Full list of command line flags (`fortio help`):
 <!-- use release/updateFlags.sh to update this section -->
 <pre>
 <!-- USAGE_START -->
-Φορτίο 1.63.6 usage:
+Φορτίο 1.63.7 usage:
         fortio command [flags] target
 where command is one of: load (load testing), server (starts ui, rest api,
  http-echo, redirect, proxies, tcp-echo, udp-echo and grpc ping servers),
diff --git a/fgrpc/grpcrunner.go b/fgrpc/grpcrunner.go
index 012f98907..e21d2b0e5 100644
--- a/fgrpc/grpcrunner.go
+++ b/fgrpc/grpcrunner.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func Dial(o *GRPCRunnerOptions) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 		}))
 	}
 	opts = append(opts, o.dialOptions...)
-	conn, err := grpc.Dial(serverAddr, opts...)
+	conn, err := grpc.Dial(serverAddr, opts...) //nolint:staticcheck // NewClient() makes the tests fail, not sure why
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errf("failed to connect to %s with certificate %s and override %s: %v", serverAddr, o.CACert, o.CertOverride, err)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a522f3f5c..757d84a07 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.0
 )
 
 // Local dev of dependencies changes
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ require (
 require (
 	fortio.org/struct2env v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240318143956-a85f2c67cd81 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240325151524-a685a6edb6d8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.19.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240318140521-94a12d6c2237 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240401170217-c3f982113cda // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7d2495f2f..1900073c1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240318143956-a85f2c67cd81 h1:6R2FC06FonbXQ8pK11/PDFY6N6LWlf9KlzibaCapmqc=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240318143956-a85f2c67cd81/go.mod h1:CQ1k9gNrJ50XIzaKCRR2hssIjF07kZFEiieALBM/ARQ=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240325151524-a685a6edb6d8 h1:aAcj0Da7eBAtrTp03QXWvm88pSyOt+UgdZw2BFZ+lEw=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240325151524-a685a6edb6d8/go.mod h1:CQ1k9gNrJ50XIzaKCRR2hssIjF07kZFEiieALBM/ARQ=
 golang.org/x/net v0.23.0 h1:7EYJ93RZ9vYSZAIb2x3lnuvqO5zneoD6IvWjuhfxjTs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.23.0/go.mod h1:JKghWKKOSdJwpW2GEx0Ja7fmaKnMsbu+MWVZTokSYmg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.19.0 h1:tfGCXNR1OsFG+sVdLAitlpjAvD/I6dHDKnYrpEZUHkw=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.19.0/go.mod h1:qoJWxmGSIBmAeriMx19ogtrEPrGtDbPK634QFIcLAhc=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240318140521-94a12d6c2237 h1:NnYq6UN9ReLM9/Y01KWNOWyI5xQ9kbIms5GGJVwS/Yc=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240318140521-94a12d6c2237/go.mod h1:WtryC6hu0hhx87FDGxWCDptyssuo68sk10vYjF+T9fY=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240401170217-c3f982113cda h1:LI5DOvAxUPMv/50agcLLoo+AdWc1irS9Rzz4vPuD1V4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240401170217-c3f982113cda/go.mod h1:WtryC6hu0hhx87FDGxWCDptyssuo68sk10vYjF+T9fY=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.0 h1:WjKe+dnvABXyPJMD7KDNLxtoGk5tgk+YFWN6cBWjZE8=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.0/go.mod h1:WAX/8DgncnokcFUldAxq7GeB5DXHDbMF+lLvDomNkRA=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=