diff --git a/smoke-tests/images/fake-backend/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/images/fake-backend/build.gradle.kts
index a07c15b102b2..cf23c8802bbd 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/images/fake-backend/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/images/fake-backend/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation("com.linecorp.armeria:armeria-grpc:1.31.1")
+  implementation("com.linecorp.armeria:armeria-grpc:1.31.2")
   implementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto")
   runtimeOnly("org.slf4j:slf4j-simple")
 }