diff --git a/auto-configurations/vector-stores/spring-ai-qdrant-store-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/auto-configurations/vector-stores/spring-ai-qdrant-store-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 2ee3249c67..e860a319d3 100644
--- a/auto-configurations/vector-stores/spring-ai-qdrant-store-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/auto-configurations/vector-stores/spring-ai-qdrant-store-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 		<developerConnection>git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-ai.git</developerConnection>
 	</scm>
 
+	<properties>
+		<grpc.version>1.65.1</grpc.version>
+	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- production dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -45,6 +48,13 @@
 			<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- Add the specific gRPC dependency needed for compilation -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${grpc.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>