diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1020.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog.d/1020.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55e49ce55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1020.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump grpcio from 1.68.1 to 1.69.0 in the core group
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 576a79392..24311bbdd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ tests = [
 doc = [
     "sphinx==8.1.3",
     "ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi]==1.2.4",
-    "grpcio==1.68.1",
+    "grpcio==1.69.0",
     "imageio-ffmpeg==0.5.1",
     "imageio==2.36.1",
     "jupyter_sphinx==0.5.3",