diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2fb2ff37b4..c70eaf7b20 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ apacheDirectoryServerVersion=1.5.7
 commonsLangVersion=2.6
 
 # gRPC
-grpcVersion=1.24.2
+grpcVersion=1.25.0
 protobufGradlePluginVersion=0.8.10
 protobufVersion=3.10.0
 protoGoogleCommonProtosVersion=1.17.0
diff --git a/servicetalk-grpc-api/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/api/GrpcUtils.java b/servicetalk-grpc-api/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/api/GrpcUtils.java
index c615549b90..dbea97a49c 100644
--- a/servicetalk-grpc-api/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/api/GrpcUtils.java
+++ b/servicetalk-grpc-api/src/main/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/api/GrpcUtils.java
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ private static GrpcStatusException extractGrpcExceptionFromHeaders(final HttpHea
         if (statusCode != null) {
             final GrpcStatusCode grpcStatusCode = GrpcStatusCode.fromCodeValue(statusCode);
             if (grpcStatusCode.value() != GrpcStatusCode.OK.value()) {
-                return new GrpcStatus(grpcStatusCode, null, headers.get(GRPC_STATUS_MESSAGE_TRAILER))
-                        .asException(new StatusSupplier(headers));
+                final GrpcStatus grpcStatus =
+                        new GrpcStatus(grpcStatusCode, null, headers.get(GRPC_STATUS_MESSAGE_TRAILER));
+                return grpcStatus.asException(new StatusSupplier(headers, grpcStatus));
             }
         }
         return null;
@@ -234,11 +235,13 @@ static <T> T uncheckedCast(Object o) {
     private static final class StatusSupplier implements Supplier<Status> {
 
         private final HttpHeaders headers;
+        private final GrpcStatus fallbackStatus;
         @Nullable
         private volatile StatusHolder statusHolder;
 
-        StatusSupplier(HttpHeaders headers) {
+        StatusSupplier(HttpHeaders headers, final GrpcStatus fallbackStatus) {
             this.headers = headers;
+            this.fallbackStatus = fallbackStatus;
         }
 
         @Nullable
@@ -248,7 +251,16 @@ public Status get() {
             if (statusHolder == null) {
                 // Cache the status (we don't bother caching any errors tho). Also its fine to only use a volatile here
                 // as at worse this will just update to the "same" status again.
-                this.statusHolder = statusHolder = new StatusHolder(getStatusDetails(headers));
+                final Status statusFromHeaders = getStatusDetails(headers);
+                if (statusFromHeaders == null) {
+                    final Status.Builder builder = Status.newBuilder().setCode(fallbackStatus.code().value());
+                    if (fallbackStatus.description() != null) {
+                        builder.setMessage(fallbackStatus.description());
+                    }
+                    this.statusHolder = statusHolder = new StatusHolder(builder.build());
+                } else {
+                    this.statusHolder = statusHolder = new StatusHolder(statusFromHeaders);
+                }
             }
             return statusHolder.status;
         }
diff --git a/servicetalk-grpc-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/netty/ProtocolCompatibilityTest.java b/servicetalk-grpc-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/netty/ProtocolCompatibilityTest.java
index cc99d47b43..630efb3a9c 100644
--- a/servicetalk-grpc-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/netty/ProtocolCompatibilityTest.java
+++ b/servicetalk-grpc-netty/src/test/java/io/servicetalk/grpc/netty/ProtocolCompatibilityTest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 @RunWith(Theories.class)
@@ -542,11 +541,11 @@ private static void assertGrpcStatusException(final GrpcStatusException statusEx
         final GrpcStatus grpcStatus = statusException.status();
         assertEquals(CUSTOM_ERROR_MESSAGE, grpcStatus.description());
         final com.google.rpc.Status status = statusException.applicationStatus();
+        assertNotNull(status);
         if (withStatus) {
-            assertNotNull(status);
             assertStatus(status, grpcStatus.code().value(), grpcStatus.description());
         } else {
-            assertNull(status);
+            assertFallbackStatus(status, grpcStatus.code().value(), grpcStatus.description());
         }
     }
 
@@ -556,11 +555,11 @@ private static void assertStatusRuntimeException(final StatusRuntimeException st
         final Status grpcStatus = statusException.getStatus();
         assertEquals(CUSTOM_ERROR_MESSAGE, grpcStatus.getDescription());
         final com.google.rpc.Status status = StatusProto.fromThrowable(statusException);
+        assertNotNull(status);
         if (withStatus) {
-            assertNotNull(status);
             assertStatus(status, grpcStatus.getCode().value(), grpcStatus.getDescription());
         } else {
-            assertNull(status);
+            assertFallbackStatus(status, grpcStatus.getCode().value(), grpcStatus.getDescription());
         }
     }
 
@@ -575,6 +574,14 @@ private static void assertStatus(final com.google.rpc.Status status,
         assertEquals(999, detail.getId());
     }
 
+    private static void assertFallbackStatus(final com.google.rpc.Status status, final int expectedCode,
+                                             @Nullable final String expectedMessage) {
+        assertEquals(expectedCode, status.getCode());
+        assertEquals(expectedMessage, status.getMessage());
+        final List<Any> anyList = status.getDetailsList();
+        assertEquals(0, anyList.size());
+    }
+
     private static com.google.rpc.Status newStatus() {
         // We just use CompatResponse as part of the status to keep it simple.
         return com.google.rpc.Status.newBuilder()