diff --git a/alfa-service/pom.xml b/alfa-service/pom.xml
index dbdc15ea8b95433bd5d28569f3bb35c8b7247051..a80ce1ad1dc25d5da13094959cae6191fb4ed239 100644
--- a/alfa-service/pom.xml
+++ b/alfa-service/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
 			<groupId>net.devh</groupId>
 			<artifactId>grpc-client-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-inprocess</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c40633384261125f38055ddc646c8d968978e199..685d6350fc046947397ceb056d013c2ce004d29d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
 
 		<!-- TODO: die Version über ozgcloud-common ziehen -->
 		<jjwt.version>0.11.5</jjwt.version>
+
+		<!-- TODO: must be in synch with ozgcloud-common -->
+		<grpc.version>1.59.0</grpc.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<build>
@@ -144,10 +147,12 @@
 				<version>${jjwt.version}</version>
 				<scope>runtime</scope>
 			</dependency>
+
+			<!-- TODO: remove when available in dependency management in ozgcloud-common -->
 			<dependency>
-				<groupId>net.devh</groupId>
-				<artifactId>grpc-client-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-				<version>2.15.0.RELEASE</version>
+				<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+				<artifactId>grpc-inprocess</artifactId>
+				<version>${grpc.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>