diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
deleted file mode 100755
index e24afdad605..00000000000
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Version.csproj.include
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<!-- This file is generated -->
-<Project>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <GrpcCsharpVersion>1.19.1</GrpcCsharpVersion>
-    <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.8.0</GoogleProtobufVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props b/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props
index d9bf90ff007..a91b5e19414 100644
--- a/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <GrpcCsharpVersion>1.23.0-dev</GrpcCsharpVersion>
-    <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.7.0</GoogleProtobufVersion>
+    <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.8.0</GoogleProtobufVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/templates/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props.template b/templates/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props.template
index 0ed9018a49e..88470df2898 100755
--- a/templates/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props.template
+++ b/templates/src/csharp/build/dependencies.props.template
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   <Project>
     <PropertyGroup>
       <GrpcCsharpVersion>${settings.csharp_version}</GrpcCsharpVersion>
-      <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.7.0</GoogleProtobufVersion>
+      <GoogleProtobufVersion>3.8.0</GoogleProtobufVersion>
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Project>