diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integrations-network.yml b/.github/workflows/test-integrations-network.yml
index 56f4bcfd57..aae29ab7f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integrations-network.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integrations-network.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8","3.9","3.11","3.12","3.13"]
+        python-version: ["3.9","3.12","3.13"]
         # python3.6 reached EOL and is no longer being supported on
         # new versions of hosted runners on Github Actions
         # ubuntu-20.04 is the last version that supported python3.6
diff --git a/scripts/populate_tox/config.py b/scripts/populate_tox/config.py
index 0f0e150a4f..2c2920e7ac 100644
--- a/scripts/populate_tox/config.py
+++ b/scripts/populate_tox/config.py
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
             "py3.6": ["aiocontextvars"],
         },
     },
+    "grpc": {
+        "package": "grpcio",
+        "deps": {
+            "*": ["protobuf", "mypy-protobuf", "types-protobuf", "pytest-asyncio"],
+        },
+        "python": ">=3.7",
+    },
     "huey": {
         "package": "huey",
     },
@@ -83,6 +90,9 @@
     "redis_py_cluster_legacy": {
         "package": "redis-py-cluster",
     },
+    "requests": {
+        "package": "requests",
+    },
     "spark": {
         "package": "pyspark",
         "python": ">=3.8",
diff --git a/scripts/populate_tox/populate_tox.py b/scripts/populate_tox/populate_tox.py
index e6cb0e4de1..4bfce80ce7 100644
--- a/scripts/populate_tox/populate_tox.py
+++ b/scripts/populate_tox/populate_tox.py
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     "django",
     "fastapi",
     "gcp",
-    "grpc",
     "httpx",
     "huey",
     "huggingface_hub",
diff --git a/scripts/populate_tox/tox.jinja b/scripts/populate_tox/tox.jinja
index a6fc55c7e4..15119b4768 100644
--- a/scripts/populate_tox/tox.jinja
+++ b/scripts/populate_tox/tox.jinja
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ envlist =
     # GCP
     {py3.7}-gcp
 
-    # gRPC
-    {py3.7,py3.9}-grpc-v{1.39}
-    {py3.7,py3.10}-grpc-v{1.49}
-    {py3.7,py3.11}-grpc-v{1.59}
-    {py3.8,py3.11,py3.12}-grpc-latest
-
     # HTTPX
     {py3.6,py3.9}-httpx-v{0.16,0.18}
     {py3.6,py3.10}-httpx-v{0.20,0.22}
@@ -314,16 +308,6 @@ deps =
     fastapi-v{0.79}: fastapi~=0.79.0
     fastapi-latest: fastapi
 
-    # gRPC
-    grpc: protobuf
-    grpc: mypy-protobuf
-    grpc: types-protobuf
-    grpc: pytest-asyncio
-    grpc-v1.39: grpcio~=1.39.0
-    grpc-v1.49: grpcio~=1.49.1
-    grpc-v1.59: grpcio~=1.59.0
-    grpc-latest: grpcio
-
     # HTTPX
     httpx-v0.16: pytest-httpx==0.10.0
     httpx-v0.18: pytest-httpx==0.12.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index cb3538e1aa..9ce3d40a21 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ envlist =
     # GCP
     {py3.7}-gcp
 
-    # gRPC
-    {py3.7,py3.9}-grpc-v{1.39}
-    {py3.7,py3.10}-grpc-v{1.49}
-    {py3.7,py3.11}-grpc-v{1.59}
-    {py3.8,py3.11,py3.12}-grpc-latest
-
     # HTTPX
     {py3.6,py3.9}-httpx-v{0.16,0.18}
     {py3.6,py3.10}-httpx-v{0.20,0.22}
@@ -229,6 +223,13 @@ envlist =
     {py3.9,py3.12,py3.13}-strawberry-v0.260.2
 
 
+    # ~~~ Network ~~~
+    {py3.7,py3.8}-grpc-v1.32.0
+    {py3.7,py3.9,py3.10}-grpc-v1.44.0
+    {py3.7,py3.10,py3.11}-grpc-v1.58.3
+    {py3.8,py3.12,py3.13}-grpc-v1.70.0
+
+
     # ~~~ Tasks ~~~
     {py3.6,py3.7,py3.8}-celery-v4.4.7
     {py3.6,py3.7,py3.8}-celery-v5.0.5
@@ -419,16 +420,6 @@ deps =
     fastapi-v{0.79}: fastapi~=0.79.0
     fastapi-latest: fastapi
 
-    # gRPC
-    grpc: protobuf
-    grpc: mypy-protobuf
-    grpc: types-protobuf
-    grpc: pytest-asyncio
-    grpc-v1.39: grpcio~=1.39.0
-    grpc-v1.49: grpcio~=1.49.1
-    grpc-v1.59: grpcio~=1.59.0
-    grpc-latest: grpcio
-
     # HTTPX
     httpx-v0.16: pytest-httpx==0.10.0
     httpx-v0.18: pytest-httpx==0.12.0
@@ -622,6 +613,17 @@ deps =
     strawberry: httpx
 
 
+    # ~~~ Network ~~~
+    grpc-v1.32.0: grpcio==1.32.0
+    grpc-v1.44.0: grpcio==1.44.0
+    grpc-v1.58.3: grpcio==1.58.3
+    grpc-v1.70.0: grpcio==1.70.0
+    grpc: protobuf
+    grpc: mypy-protobuf
+    grpc: types-protobuf
+    grpc: pytest-asyncio
+
+
     # ~~~ Tasks ~~~
     celery-v4.4.7: celery==4.4.7
     celery-v5.0.5: celery==5.0.5