diff --git a/inferentia/qa/Dockerfile.QA b/inferentia/qa/Dockerfile.QA
index 21f157e1..9686c23d 100644
--- a/inferentia/qa/Dockerfile.QA
+++ b/inferentia/qa/Dockerfile.QA
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2021-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ RUN rm -f /usr/bin/python && \
     ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade wheel setuptools && \
-    pip3 install --upgrade numpy pillow attrdict future grpcio requests gsutil awscli six grpcio-channelz
+    pip3 install --upgrade numpy pillow attrdict future "grpcio>=1.81.1" requests gsutil awscli six grpcio-channelz
 
 WORKDIR /opt/tritonserver
 # Copy the entire qa repo to the /opt/tritonserver/qa repo