diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bazel b/WORKSPACE.bazel
index 911840d8..436537c3 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ http_archive(
 ##### Unfortunately this does not compile against the latest grpc.
 http_archive(
     name = "grpc_homa",
-    sha256 = "2c0fe4669620f1a685bedf2f8ad0547cccb9155d1f4b304c5f7ce362d3b92d05",
-    strip_prefix = "grpc_homa-homa-2.0",
-    url = "https://github.com/PlatformLab/grpc_homa/archive/refs/tags/homa-2.0.tar.gz",
+    strip_prefix = "grpc_homa-a4ebed9f8b08e858638a05383fdc5c5df0a610a2",
+    url = "https://github.com/PlatformLab/grpc_homa/archive/a4ebed9f8b08e858638a05383fdc5c5df0a610a2.tar.gz",
     build_file = "@//:grpc_homa.BUILD",
 )
 
@@ -44,9 +43,9 @@ http_archive(
 ##### grpc_deps() and grpc_extra_deps().
 http_archive(
     name = "com_github_grpc_grpc",
-    sha256 = "931f07db9d48cff6a6007c1033ba6d691fe655bea2765444bc1ad974dfc840aa",
-    strip_prefix = "grpc-1.56.2",
-    url = "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/refs/tags/v1.56.2.tar.gz",
+    sha256 = "8393767af531b2d0549a4c26cf8ba1f665b16c16fb6c9238a7755e45444881dd",
+    strip_prefix = "grpc-1.57.0",
+    url = "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/refs/tags/v1.57.0.tar.gz",
 )
 load("@com_github_grpc_grpc//bazel:grpc_deps.bzl", "grpc_deps")
 grpc_deps()
diff --git a/deploy_to_cloudlab.sh b/deploy_to_cloudlab.sh
index bb9d8e53..3c5e919b 100755
--- a/deploy_to_cloudlab.sh
+++ b/deploy_to_cloudlab.sh
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ echo_magenta "\\nBuilding distbench binary..."
 (cd "${WORKTREE}"; bazel build -c opt :distbench \
   --//:with-mercury=true \
   --//:with-homa=true \
-  --//:with-homa-grpc=false \
+  --//:with-homa-grpc=true \
   "${REPO_ENV[@]}" )
 
 echo_magenta "\\nKilling any previous distbench processes..."
diff --git a/protocol_driver_grpc.cc b/protocol_driver_grpc.cc
index 94f2620e..467bc61c 100644
--- a/protocol_driver_grpc.cc
+++ b/protocol_driver_grpc.cc
@@ -49,7 +49,21 @@ absl::StatusOr<std::shared_ptr<grpc::Channel>> CreateClientChannel(
     const std::string& socket_address, std::string_view transport) {
   if (transport == "homa") {
 #if WITH_HOMA_GRPC
+    LOG(ERROR) << socket_address;
+    LOG(ERROR) << AddGrpcProtocol(socket_address);
     return HomaClient::createInsecureChannel(socket_address.data());
+    #if 0
+    return grpc::CreateCustomChannel(socket_address,
+                                     HomaClient::insecureChannelCredentials(),
+                                     DistbenchCustomChannelArguments());
+    return grpc::CreateCustomChannel(AddGrpcProtocol(socket_address),
+                                     HomaClient::insecureChannelCredentials(),
+                                     DistbenchCustomChannelArguments());
+    return grpc::CreateChannel(AddGrpcProtocol(socket_address),
+                               HomaClient::insecureChannelCredentials());
+    return grpc::CreateChannel(socket_address,
+                               HomaClient::insecureChannelCredentials());
+    #endif
 #else
     LOG(ERROR) << "Homa transport not compiled in";
     LOG(ERROR) << "You must build with bazel build --//:with-homa-grpc";