diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 7184247ebe..cd6d0122e8 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
-      <artifactId>grpc-netty-shaded</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
       <version>${grpc.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/utils/NetworkUtils.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/utils/NetworkUtils.java
index af0e26f80b..5aa6cd5cbb 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/utils/NetworkUtils.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/utils/NetworkUtils.java
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
 import io.grpc.TlsChannelCredentials;
-import io.grpc.netty.shaded.io.grpc.netty.GrpcSslContexts;
-import io.grpc.netty.shaded.io.grpc.netty.NettyChannelBuilder;
-import io.grpc.netty.shaded.io.netty.handler.ssl.util.InsecureTrustManagerFactory;
+import io.grpc.netty.GrpcSslContexts;
+import io.grpc.netty.NettyChannelBuilder;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.util.InsecureTrustManagerFactory;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;