How to update the C++ sources of gRPC: 1. `git clone http://github.com/grpc/grpc.git` in a convenient directory 2. `git checkout ` (current is `release-0_13`, commithash `78e04bbd`) 3. `mkdir -p third_party/grpc/src` 4. `cp -R /src/{compiler,core-cpp} third_party/grpc/src` 5. `cp -R /include third_party/grpc` 6. Update BUILD files by copying the rules from the BUILD file of gRPC 7. Patch in grpc.patch. It makes gRPC work under msys2. How to update the Java plugin: 1. Take version `0.15.0` from https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java commit hash is `b7d816fb3d0d38e` 2. `cp -R /compiler/src/java_plugin third_party/grpc-java/compiler/src` How to update the Java code: Download it from Maven central. The jars are called `grpc-core`, `grpc-netty`, `grpc-protobuf`, `grpc-protobuf-lite`, `grpc-stub` and the version is `0.15.0`.