diff --git a/examples/php/composer.json b/examples/php/composer.json
index 1d44bba0a6a..b16bab40de4 100644
--- a/examples/php/composer.json
+++ b/examples/php/composer.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "grpc/grpc-demo",
   "description": "gRPC example for PHP",
   "require": {
-    "grpc/grpc": "^v1.30.0",
+    "grpc/grpc": "^v1.39.0",
     "google/protobuf": "^v3.12.2"
   },
   "autoload": {
diff --git a/examples/php/greeter_and_routeguide_multi_server.php b/examples/php/greeter_and_routeguide_multi_server.php
index 1bdc1d7e2f8..601e048d4f5 100644
--- a/examples/php/greeter_and_routeguide_multi_server.php
+++ b/examples/php/greeter_and_routeguide_multi_server.php
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/MethodDescriptor.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/Status.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerCallReader.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerCallWriter.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerContext.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/RpcServer.php';
 require dirname(__FILE__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 require dirname(__FILE__) . '/route_guide/RouteGuideService.php';
 
diff --git a/examples/php/greeter_server.php b/examples/php/greeter_server.php
index a5d749bee96..684d6c63943 100644
--- a/examples/php/greeter_server.php
+++ b/examples/php/greeter_server.php
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/MethodDescriptor.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/Status.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerCallReader.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerCallWriter.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerContext.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../src/php/lib/Grpc/RpcServer.php';
 require dirname(__FILE__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 class Greeter extends Helloworld\GreeterStub
diff --git a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_server.php b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_server.php
index 29b086f182d..0625a9b1385 100644
--- a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_server.php
+++ b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_server.php
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../src/php/lib/Grpc/MethodDescriptor.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../src/php/lib/Grpc/Status.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerCallReader.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerCallWriter.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../src/php/lib/Grpc/ServerContext.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../src/php/lib/Grpc/RpcServer.php';
 require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 require dirname(__FILE__) . '/RouteGuideService.php';
 
diff --git a/src/php/tests/generated_code/math_server.php b/src/php/tests/generated_code/math_server.php
index 09beb8897d4..d91a5a57b4d 100644
--- a/src/php/tests/generated_code/math_server.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/generated_code/math_server.php
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../lib/Grpc/MethodDescriptor.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../lib/Grpc/Status.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../lib/Grpc/ServerCallReader.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../lib/Grpc/ServerCallWriter.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../lib/Grpc/ServerContext.php';
-require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../lib/Grpc/RpcServer.php';
 include 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
 class MathService extends Math\MathStub
diff --git a/src/php/tests/generated_code/package.json b/src/php/tests/generated_code/package.json
index 5cc28be35d2..c3db4423049 100644
--- a/src/php/tests/generated_code/package.json
+++ b/src/php/tests/generated_code/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.1.0",
-    "grpc": "^1.11.0"
+    "grpc": "^1.39.0"
   }
 }