diff --git a/grpc/core/pom.xml b/grpc/core/pom.xml
index 22d180f9aba..d33b400f24f 100644
--- a/grpc/core/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc/core/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>grpc-inprocess</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-util</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
             <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/grpc/core/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/core/MarshallerSupplier.java b/grpc/core/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/core/MarshallerSupplier.java
index 1e30673fd8e..e132e1d2666 100644
--- a/grpc/core/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/core/MarshallerSupplier.java
+++ b/grpc/core/src/main/java/io/helidon/grpc/core/MarshallerSupplier.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 
 import javax.inject.Named;
 
-import com.google.protobuf.MessageLite;
+import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 import io.grpc.MethodDescriptor;
-import io.grpc.protobuf.lite.ProtoLiteUtils;
+import io.grpc.protobuf.ProtoUtils;
 
 /**
  * A supplier of {@link MethodDescriptor.Marshaller} instances for specific
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class DefaultMarshallerSupplier
 
         @Override
         public <T> MethodDescriptor.Marshaller<T> get(Class<T> clazz) {
-            if (MessageLite.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+            if (Message.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
                 return proto.get(clazz);
             }
             return JavaMarshaller.instance();
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ class ProtoMarshallerSupplier
         public <T> MethodDescriptor.Marshaller<T> get(Class<T> clazz) {
             try {
                 java.lang.reflect.Method getDefaultInstance = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("getDefaultInstance");
-                MessageLite instance = (MessageLite) getDefaultInstance.invoke(clazz);
+                Message instance = (Message) getDefaultInstance.invoke(clazz);
 
-                return (MethodDescriptor.Marshaller<T>) ProtoLiteUtils.marshaller(instance);
+                return (MethodDescriptor.Marshaller<T>) ProtoUtils.marshaller(instance);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 String msg = String.format(
                         "Attempting to use class %s, which is not a valid Protocol buffer message, with a default marshaller",
diff --git a/grpc/core/src/main/java/module-info.java b/grpc/core/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 89d9a3be212..88df54664d7 100644
--- a/grpc/core/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/grpc/core/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
     requires io.grpc.netty;
     requires transitive io.grpc.protobuf;
-    requires io.grpc.protobuf.lite;
     requires transitive io.grpc.stub;
     requires transitive io.grpc;
     requires io.netty.handler;
diff --git a/microprofile/grpc/server/src/main/java/module-info.java b/microprofile/grpc/server/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 6ba4136c44a..402034d1b41 100644
--- a/microprofile/grpc/server/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/microprofile/grpc/server/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     requires io.helidon.microprofile.server;
     requires io.helidon.config.mp;
 
-    requires io.grpc.protobuf.lite;
     requires com.google.protobuf;
 
     requires java.logging;