diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 559152ab5d..3d80c19cf3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210220033148-5ea612d1eb83
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210224082022-3d97a244fca7
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210225134936-a50acf3fe073
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.1
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.29.0
 	gopkg.in/gcfg.v1 v1.2.3
 	gopkg.in/godo.v2 v2.0.9
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0902629fa3..4d5ab1fc51 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMn
 github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.0.0-20200110133405-4032b1d8aae3/go.mod h1:MA5e5Lr8slmEg9bt0VpxxWqJlO4iwu3FBdHUzV7wQVg=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/clusterhq/flocker-go v0.0.0-20160920122132-2b8b7259d313/go.mod h1:P1wt9Z3DP8O6W3rvwCt0REIlshg1InHImaLW0t3ObY0=
+github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa h1:OaNxuTZr7kxeODyLWsRMC+OD03aFUH+mW6r2d+MWa5Y=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa/go.mod h1:zn76sxSg3SzpJ0PPJaLDCu+Bu0Lg3sKTORVIj19EIF8=
 github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6URME8mwIBbpVyZV93Ce5St17xBiQJQY67NDsuohiy4=
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.6+incompatible h1:tfrHha8zJ01ywiOEC1miGY8st1
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful v2.9.6+incompatible/go.mod h1:otzb+WCGbkyDHkqmQmT5YD2WR4BBwUdeQoFo8l/7tVs=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.1-0.20191026205805-5f8ba28d4473/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
+github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.4/go.mod h1:6rpuAdCZL397s3pYoYcLgu1mIlRU8Am5FuJP05cCM98=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/euank/go-kmsg-parser v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:MhmAMZ8V4CYH4ybgdRwPr2TU5ThnS43puaKEMpja1uw=
 github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLiYLvXMP4fmwYFNcr97nuDLSk=
@@ -252,7 +254,6 @@ github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXP
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
 github.com/golang/freetype v0.0.0-20170609003504-e2365dfdc4a0/go.mod h1:E/TSTwGwJL78qG/PmXZO1EjYhfJinVAhrmmHX6Z8B9k=
-github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b h1:VKtxabqXZkF25pY9ekfRL6a582T4P37/31XEstQ5p58=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20160516000752-02826c3e7903/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20190129154638-5b532d6fd5ef/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
@@ -938,8 +939,9 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.1/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyac
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQciAY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.1 h1:zvIju4sqAGvwKspUQOhwnpcqSbzi7/H6QomNNjTL4sk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.1/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.29.0 h1:2pJjwYOdkZ9HlN4sWRYBg9ttH5bCOlsueaM+b/oYjwo=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.29.0/go.mod h1:itym6AZVZYACWQqET3MqgPpjcuV5QH3BxFS3IjizoKk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=
diff --git a/pkg/csi/manila/csiclient/builder.go b/pkg/csi/manila/csiclient/builder.go
index a8d31a0dde..7213b19463 100644
--- a/pkg/csi/manila/csiclient/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/csi/manila/csiclient/builder.go
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ var (
 		grpc.WithInsecure(),
 		grpc.WithBackoffMaxDelay(time.Second),
 		grpc.WithBlock(),
+		// CSI connections use unix:// so should ignore proxy settings
+		// WithNoProxy can be removed when we update to gRPC >= v1.34,
+		// which contains https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/pull/3890.
+		// This automatically ignores proxy settings for unix
+		// connections.
+		grpc.WithNoProxy(),
 		grpc.WithUnaryInterceptor(func(ctx context.Context, method string, req, reply interface{}, cc *grpc.ClientConn, invoker grpc.UnaryInvoker, opts ...grpc.CallOption) error {
 			callID := atomic.AddUint64(&grpcCallCounter, 1)