diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/PR#4593-update-com-google-api-grpc-proto-google-common.yml b/changelog/unreleased/PR#4593-update-com-google-api-grpc-proto-google-common.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5a2fa266d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/PR#4593-update-com-google-api-grpc-proto-google-common.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: Update com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos to v2.72.0
+type: dependency_update
+authors:
+- name: solrbot
+links:
+- name: PR#4593
+  url: https://github.com/apache/solr/pull/4593
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ae37ea2a91a1..21042c846ba6 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fasterxml-woodstox = "7.2.1"
 # @keep Flexmark used in classpath
 flexmark = "0.64.8"
 # @keep for version alignment
-google-api-grpc-proto = "2.61.1"
+google-api-grpc-proto = "2.72.0"
 # @keep for version alignment
 google-autovalue = "1.11.1"
 google-cloud-bom = "0.265.0"
diff --git a/solr/cross-dc-manager/gradle.lockfile b/solr/cross-dc-manager/gradle.lockfile
index 332646c77147..a79276417610 100644
--- a/solr/cross-dc-manager/gradle.lockfile
+++ b/solr/cross-dc-manager/gradle.lockfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.2.3=annotationProcessor,errorprone,jarV
 com.github.kevinstern:software-and-algorithms:1.0=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor
 com.github.luben:zstd-jni:1.5.6-4=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,solrPlatformLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
 com.google.android:annotations:4.1.1.4=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
-com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.64.1=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.72.0=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
 com.google.auto.service:auto-service-annotations:1.0.1=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor
 com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.11.1=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor
 com.google.auto:auto-common:1.2.2=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor
diff --git a/solr/licenses/proto-google-common-protos-2.64.1.jar.sha1 b/solr/licenses/proto-google-common-protos-2.64.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 371f2bdcaaa5..000000000000
--- a/solr/licenses/proto-google-common-protos-2.64.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a71d9a9867ed792e54e893b8c7864a0ba1b022cf
diff --git a/solr/modules/opentelemetry/gradle.lockfile b/solr/modules/opentelemetry/gradle.lockfile
index 9fef410f7fc2..04be0b9adc28 100644
--- a/solr/modules/opentelemetry/gradle.lockfile
+++ b/solr/modules/opentelemetry/gradle.lockfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:7.2.1=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtim
 com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.2.3=annotationProcessor,errorprone,jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,solrPlatformLibs,testAnnotationProcessor,testRuntimeClasspath
 com.github.kevinstern:software-and-algorithms:1.0=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor
 com.google.android:annotations:4.1.1.4=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
-com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.64.1=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
+com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.72.0=jarValidation,runtimeClasspath,runtimeLibs,testRuntimeClasspath
 com.google.auto.service:auto-service-annotations:1.0.1=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor
 com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.11.1=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor
 com.google.auto:auto-common:1.2.2=annotationProcessor,errorprone,testAnnotationProcessor