diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/parler-nvidia.yml b/backend/python/parler-tts/parler-nvidia.yml
index c01f5620..ed925e94 100644
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/parler-nvidia.yml
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/parler-nvidia.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_0
   - pip:
       - accelerate>=0.11.0
+      - grpcio==1.59.0
       - numpy==1.26.0
       - nvidia-cublas-cu12==12.1.3.1
       - nvidia-cuda-cupti-cu12==12.1.105
diff --git a/backend/python/parler-tts/parler.yml b/backend/python/parler-tts/parler.yml
index bb46eb68..fd0c3cb6 100644
--- a/backend/python/parler-tts/parler.yml
+++ b/backend/python/parler-tts/parler.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip:
       - accelerate>=0.11.0
       - numpy==1.26.0
+      - grpcio==1.59.0
       - torch==2.1.0
       - transformers>=4.34.0
       - descript-audio-codec