diff --git a/abci/example/example_test.go b/abci/example/example_test.go
index cde8a15b1..64705d0e0 100644
--- a/abci/example/example_test.go
+++ b/abci/example/example_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func dialerFunc(ctx context.Context, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 
 func testGRPCSync(t *testing.T, app types.ABCIApplicationServer) {
 	numDeliverTxs := 2000
-	socketFile := fmt.Sprintf("test-%08x.sock", rand.Int31n(1<<30))
+	socketFile := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/test-%08x.sock", rand.Int31n(1<<30))
 	defer os.Remove(socketFile)
 	socket := fmt.Sprintf("unix://%v", socketFile)
 
diff --git a/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore_test.go b/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore_test.go
index 0011e7a06..7f1766675 100644
--- a/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore_test.go
+++ b/abci/example/kvstore/kvstore_test.go
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func TestClientServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// set up grpc app
 	kvstore = NewApplication()
-	gclient, gserver, err := makeGRPCClientServer(kvstore, "kvstore-grpc")
+	gclient, gserver, err := makeGRPCClientServer(kvstore, "/tmp/kvstore-grpc")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0c5d851ba..8793fa1af 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211005001312-d4b1ae081e3b
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.41.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.42.0
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200902074654-038fdea0a05b // indirect
 	pgregory.net/rapid v0.4.7
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5423b332e..3c34aaa1e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -183,8 +183,11 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20200629203442-efcf912fb354/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
+github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20210930031921-04548b0d99d4/go.mod h1:6pvJx4me5XPnfI9Z40ddWsdw2W/uZgQLFXToKeRcDiI=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210805033703-aa0b78936158/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
+github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210922020428-25de7278fc84/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
+github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20211011173535-cb28da3451f1/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa/go.mod h1:zn76sxSg3SzpJ0PPJaLDCu+Bu0Lg3sKTORVIj19EIF8=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.2/go.mod h1:ytZPjGgY2oeTkAONYafi2kSj0aYggsf8acV1PGKCbzQ=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.2.0 h1:j/9Wnn+hrEWjLvHuIxUU1YI5JjEjVlT2AA68cse9rwY=
@@ -1556,8 +1559,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.38.0/go.mod h1:NREThFqKR1f3iQ6oBuvc5LadQuXVGo9rkm5ZGrQ
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.0/go.mod h1:PImNr+rS9TWYb2O4/emRugxiyHZ5JyHW5F+RPnDzfrE=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.1/go.mod h1:PImNr+rS9TWYb2O4/emRugxiyHZ5JyHW5F+RPnDzfrE=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.40.0/go.mod h1:ogyxbiOoUXAkP+4+xa6PZSE9DZgIHtSpzjDTB9KAK34=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.41.0 h1:f+PlOh7QV4iIJkPrx5NQ7qaNGFQ3OTse67yaDHfju4E=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.41.0/go.mod h1:U3l9uK9J0sini8mHphKoXyaqDA/8VyGnDee1zzIUK6k=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.42.0 h1:XT2/MFpuPFsEX2fWh3YQtHkZ+WYZFQRfaUgLZYj/p6A=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.42.0/go.mod h1:k+4IHHFw41K8+bbowsex27ge2rCb65oeWqe4jJ590SU=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6Kw0yEErY5E/yWrBtf03jp27GLLJujG4z/JK95pnjjw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=