diff --git a/client_online.go b/client_online.go
index 26a4160..ba77da9 100644
--- a/client_online.go
+++ b/client_online.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func NewClient(cfg *Config) (*Client, error) {
 
 // Bootstrap is gonna connect the client to the endpoints
 func (c *Client) Bootstrap() error {
-	grpcConn, err := grpc.Dial(c.config.GRPCEndpoint, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+	grpcConn, err := grpc.NewClient(c.config.GRPCEndpoint, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return crgerrs.WrapError(crgerrs.ErrOnlineClient, fmt.Sprintf("dialing grpc endpoint %s", err.Error()))
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f049aba..572af3c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.7 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/linxGnu/grocksdb v1.8.14 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
diff --git a/load.go b/load.go
index 9dc1a09..85ec656 100644
--- a/load.go
+++ b/load.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func openClient(endpoint string) (client *grpc.ClientConn, err error) {
 		MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
 	})
 
-	client, err = grpc.Dial(endpoint, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(tlsCredentials))
+	client, err = grpc.NewClient(endpoint, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(tlsCredentials))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, crgerrs.WrapError(crgerrs.ErrClient, fmt.Sprintf("getting grpc client connection %s", err.Error()))
 	}