diff --git a/metropolis/cli/dbg/BUILD.bazel b/metropolis/cli/dbg/BUILD.bazel
index 5991f63..46ac991 100644
--- a/metropolis/cli/dbg/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/metropolis/cli/dbg/BUILD.bazel
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "@io_k8s_kubectl//pkg/cmd/plugin",
         "@io_k8s_kubectl//pkg/cmd/util",
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//:go_default_library",
+        "@org_golang_google_grpc//credentials/insecure",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/metropolis/cli/dbg/main.go b/metropolis/cli/dbg/main.go
index e702083..f087313 100644
--- a/metropolis/cli/dbg/main.go
+++ b/metropolis/cli/dbg/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	"strings"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/cli"
 	"k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	// Hardcode localhost since this should never be used to interface with a
 	// production node because of missing encryption & authentication
-	grpcClient, err := grpc.Dial("localhost:7837", grpc.WithInsecure())
+	grpcClient, err := grpc.Dial("localhost:7837", grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Failed to dial debug service (is it running): %v\n", err)
 	}