diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a99cbe8..9266f19 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aserto-dev/go-authorizer v0.20.10
 	github.com/aserto-dev/go-directory v0.31.11
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 97011ec..4b1b9d4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240812133136-8ffd90a71988 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240812133136-8ffd90a71988/go.mod h1:Ue6ibwXGpU+dqIcODieyLOcgj7z8+IcskoNIgZxtrFY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 h1:bs/cUb4lp1G5iImFFd3u5ixQzweKizoZJAwBNLR42lc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0/go.mod h1:WgYC2ypjlB0EiQi6wdKixMqukr6lBc0Vo+oOgjrM5ZQ=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.1 h1:hO5qAXR19+/Z44hmvIM4dQFMSYX9XcWsByfoxutBpAM=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.1/go.mod h1:s3/l6xSSCURdVfAnL+TqCNMyTDAGN6+lZeVxnZR128Y=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/convert.go b/pkg/cmd/convert.go
index 571bba4..86d7de8 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/convert.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/convert.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (cmd *ConvertCmd) persist(_ context.Context, d *api.DecisionAssertions) err
 		UseProtoNames:     true,
 		UseEnumNumbers:    false,
 		EmitUnpopulated:   false,
-		EmitDefaultValues: true,
+		EmitDefaultValues: false,
 	}.Marshal(d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err