diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 40bbed48..689dd59b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 TEST_INFRA_VERSION ?= latest
 
 # Version of gRPC core used for the gRPC driver
-DRIVER_VERSION ?= v1.58.1
+DRIVER_VERSION ?= v1.62.1
 
 # Prefix for all images used as clone and ready containers, enabling use with
 # registries other than Docker Hub
diff --git a/containers/runtime/driver/Dockerfile b/containers/runtime/driver/Dockerfile
index 188733af..10b9354e 100644
--- a/containers/runtime/driver/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/runtime/driver/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/$REPOSITORY.git .
 RUN git checkout -f $GITREF
 
 # See https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/tools/dockerfile/README.md
-FROM us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/bazel:0f909e43012a80faa92e07b7871268841ce56ebc@sha256:1118150d9d9479787165fff49f660a3dc633f1c57604305460172fc1916aa022
+FROM us-docker.pkg.dev/grpc-testing/testing-images-public/bazel:cacad91746cd598d8756de89b912be291de1f019@sha256:32bde2dcb2087f2a32afab59e4dfedf7e8c76a52c69881f63a239d311f0e5ecf
 
 COPY --from=0 /src/code /src/code
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/build_output