diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4bc70b..86cbf74 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ MANIFEST
 # IntelliJ
 .idea
 pydgraph.iml
+
+# Python Virtual Environments
+venv
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6701314..0c1cac3 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-grpcio==1.17.1
+grpcio==1.18.0
 protobuf==3.6.1