diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index cc642d53..0db684c3 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ gazelle_dependencies()
 # gRPC.
 http_archive(
     name = "com_github_grpc_grpc",
-    sha256 = "b391a327429279f6f29b9ae7e5317cd80d5e9d49cc100e6d682221af73d984a6",
-    strip_prefix = "grpc-93e8830070e9afcbaa992c75817009ee3f4b63a0",  # v1.24.3 with fixes
-    urls = ["https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/93e8830070e9afcbaa992c75817009ee3f4b63a0.zip"],
+    sha256 = "2fcb7f1ab160d6fd3aaade64520be3e5446fc4c6fa7ba6581afdc4e26094bd81",
+    strip_prefix = "grpc-1.26.0",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/v1.26.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 # Pull in all gRPC dependencies.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80df3f0a..d326d5a2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.13.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.5 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20191028173616-919d9bdd9fe6
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.24.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v1 v1.0.0-20140924161607-9f9df34309c0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_balancer.go b/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_balancer.go
index 2014999a..751c68a2 100644
--- a/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_balancer.go
+++ b/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_balancer.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (bb *gcpBalancerBuilder) Build(
 		csEvltr:     &connectivityStateEvaluator{},
 		// Initialize picker to a picker that always return
 		// ErrNoSubConnAvailable, because when state of a SubConn changes, we
-		// may call UpdateBalancerState with this picker.
+		// may call UpdateState with this picker.
 		picker: newErrPicker(balancer.ErrNoSubConnAvailable),
 	}
 }
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ type gcpBalancer struct {
 	scStates    map[balancer.SubConn]connectivity.State
 	scRefs      map[balancer.SubConn]*subConnRef
 
-	picker balancer.Picker
+	picker balancer.V2Picker
 }
 
 func (gb *gcpBalancer) HandleResolvedAddrs(addrs []resolver.Address, err error) {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (gb *gcpBalancer) HandleSubConnStateChange(sc balancer.SubConn, s connectiv
 	if (s == connectivity.Ready) != (oldS == connectivity.Ready) ||
 		(gb.state == connectivity.TransientFailure) != (oldAggrState == connectivity.TransientFailure) {
 		gb.regeneratePicker()
-		gb.cc.UpdateBalancerState(gb.state, gb.picker)
+		gb.cc.UpdateState(balancer.State{ConnectivityState: gb.state, Picker: gb.picker})
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_picker.go b/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_picker.go
index 63c8c7b3..9473295a 100644
--- a/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_picker.go
+++ b/go/pkg/balancer/gcp_picker.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package balancer
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/balancer"
 )
 
-func newGCPPicker(readySCRefs []*subConnRef, gb *gcpBalancer) balancer.Picker {
+func newGCPPicker(readySCRefs []*subConnRef, gb *gcpBalancer) balancer.V2Picker {
 	return &gcpPicker{
 		gcpBalancer: gb,
 		scRefs:      readySCRefs,
@@ -28,18 +27,15 @@ type gcpPicker struct {
 }
 
 // Pick picks the appropriate subconnection.
-func (p *gcpPicker) Pick(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	opts balancer.PickOptions,
-) (balancer.SubConn, func(balancer.DoneInfo), error) {
+func (p *gcpPicker) Pick(info balancer.PickInfo) (result balancer.PickResult, err error) {
 	if len(p.scRefs) <= 0 {
-		return nil, nil, balancer.ErrNoSubConnAvailable
+		return balancer.PickResult{}, balancer.ErrNoSubConnAvailable
 	}
 
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
 
-	gcpCtx, hasGcpCtx := ctx.Value(gcpKey).(*gcpContext)
+	gcpCtx, hasGcpCtx := info.Ctx.Value(gcpKey).(*gcpContext)
 	boundKey := ""
 
 	if hasGcpCtx {
@@ -54,7 +50,7 @@ func (p *gcpPicker) Pick(
 			if cmd == pb.AffinityConfig_BOUND || cmd == pb.AffinityConfig_UNBIND {
 				a, err := getAffinityKeyFromMessage(locator, gcpCtx.reqMsg)
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf(
+					return balancer.PickResult{}, fmt.Errorf(
 						"failed to retrieve affinity key from request message: %v", err)
 				}
 				boundKey = a
@@ -62,14 +58,16 @@ func (p *gcpPicker) Pick(
 		}
 	}
 
-	scRef, err := p.getSubConnRef(boundKey)
+	var scRef *subConnRef
+	scRef, err = p.getSubConnRef(boundKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, err
+		return balancer.PickResult{}, err
 	}
+	result.SubConn = scRef.subConn
 	scRef.streamsIncr()
 
 	// define callback for post process once call is done
-	callback := func(info balancer.DoneInfo) {
+	result.Done = func(info balancer.DoneInfo) {
 		if info.Err == nil {
 			if hasGcpCtx {
 				affinity := gcpCtx.affinityCfg
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ func (p *gcpPicker) Pick(
 		}
 		scRef.streamsDecr()
 	}
-	return scRef.subConn, callback, nil
+	return result, err
 }
 
 // getSubConnRef returns the subConnRef object that contains the subconn
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ func getAffinityKeyFromMessage(
 }
 
 // NewErrPicker returns a picker that always returns err on Pick().
-func newErrPicker(err error) balancer.Picker {
+func newErrPicker(err error) balancer.V2Picker {
 	return &errPicker{err: err}
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +163,6 @@ type errPicker struct {
 	err error // Pick() always returns this err.
 }
 
-func (p *errPicker) Pick(ctx context.Context, opts balancer.PickOptions) (balancer.SubConn, func(balancer.DoneInfo), error) {
-	return nil, nil, p.err
+func (p *errPicker) Pick(info balancer.PickInfo) (balancer.PickResult, error) {
+	return balancer.PickResult{}, p.err
 }
diff --git a/remote-apis-sdks-deps.bzl b/remote-apis-sdks-deps.bzl
index 1704df5e..58d6b87c 100644
--- a/remote-apis-sdks-deps.bzl
+++ b/remote-apis-sdks-deps.bzl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def remote_apis_sdks_go_deps():
         name = "org_golang_google_grpc",
         build_file_proto_mode = "disable",
         importpath = "google.golang.org/grpc",
-        tag = "v1.24.0",
+        tag = "v1.26.0",
     )
     _maybe(
         go_repository,