diff --git a/gcpbuildcache/build.gradle.kts b/gcpbuildcache/build.gradle.kts
index 43f1836..3ae9693 100644
--- a/gcpbuildcache/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/gcpbuildcache/build.gradle.kts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
             id = "androidx.build.gradle.gcpbuildcache"
             displayName = "Gradle GCP Build Cache Plugin"
             description = """
-                - Graduating to 1.0.0 stable version.
+                - Move to using GRPC to fetch cache entries from GCP. Local testing shows that it drops sequential download time by ~40%
             """.trimIndent()
             implementationClass = "androidx.build.gradle.gcpbuildcache.GcpGradleBuildCachePlugin"
             tags = listOf("buildcache", "gcp", "caching")
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
 }
 
 group = "androidx.build.gradle.gcpbuildcache"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 
 testing {
     suites {
diff --git a/gcpbuildcache/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/gradle/gcpbuildcache/GcpStorageService.kt b/gcpbuildcache/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/gradle/gcpbuildcache/GcpStorageService.kt
index 8b7a2bf..921ef1e 100644
--- a/gcpbuildcache/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/gradle/gcpbuildcache/GcpStorageService.kt
+++ b/gcpbuildcache/src/main/kotlin/androidx/build/gradle/gcpbuildcache/GcpStorageService.kt
@@ -173,10 +173,11 @@ internal class GcpStorageService(
             ) ?: return null
             val retrySettings = RetrySettings.newBuilder()
             retrySettings.maxAttempts = 3
-            return StorageOptions.newBuilder().setCredentials(credentials)
+            return GrpcStorageOptions.newBuilder().setCredentials(credentials)
                 .setStorageRetryStrategy(StorageRetryStrategy.getUniformStorageRetryStrategy()).setProjectId(projectId)
                 .setRetrySettings(retrySettings.build())
-                .setTransportOptions(transportOptions)
+                .setEnableGrpcClientMetrics(false)
+                .setAttemptDirectPath(false)
                 .build()
         }