diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 3aa8736a4944..3d031dfa25c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
 
           git clone --recurse-submodules -b ${{ env.GRPC_VERSION }} --depth 1 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/grpc/grpc && \
-          cd grpc && mkdir -p cmake/build && cd cmake/build && cmake -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
+          cd grpc && mkdir -p cmake/build && echo "--------------------------" && cd cmake/build && cmake \
+            -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+            -DABSL_BUILD_TEST_HELPERS=OFF \
+            -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
             -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
             ../.. && sudo make --jobs 5 --output-sync=target
       - name: Install gRPC
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           BACKEND_LIBS="./grpc/cmake/cross_build/third_party/re2/libre2.a ./grpc/cmake/cross_build/libgrpc.a ./grpc/cmake/cross_build/libgrpc++.a ./grpc/cmake/cross_build/third_party/protobuf/libprotobuf.a /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libc.so.6 /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libgomp.so.1 /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libm.so.6 /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libdl.so.2 /usr/aarch64-linux-gnu/lib/libpthread.so.0 ./ld.so" \
           GOOS=linux \
           GOARCH=arm64 \
-          CMAKE_ARGS="-DProtobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS=$CROSS_STAGING_PREFIX/include -DProtobuf_DIR=$CROSS_STAGING_PREFIX/lib/cmake/protobuf -DgRPC_DIR=$CROSS_STAGING_PREFIX/lib/cmake/grpc -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CROSS_TOOLCHAIN -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++" make dist-cross-linux-arm64
+          CMAKE_ARGS="-DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF -DProtobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS=$CROSS_STAGING_PREFIX/include -DProtobuf_DIR=$CROSS_STAGING_PREFIX/lib/cmake/protobuf -DgRPC_DIR=$CROSS_STAGING_PREFIX/lib/cmake/grpc -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CROSS_TOOLCHAIN -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++" make dist-cross-linux-arm64
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: LocalAI-linux-arm64
@@ -196,7 +199,8 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.cache-grpc.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           git clone --recurse-submodules -b ${{ env.GRPC_VERSION }} --depth 1 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/grpc/grpc && \
-          cd grpc && mkdir -p cmake/build && cd cmake/build && cmake -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
+          cd grpc && mkdir -p cmake/build && cd cmake/build && cmake -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+            -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
             -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
             ../.. && sudo make --jobs 5 --output-sync=target
       - name: Install gRPC
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a7023933cc01..d3167cd06e76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.cache-grpc.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
           git clone --recurse-submodules -b ${{ env.GRPC_VERSION }} --depth 1 --jobs 5 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/grpc/grpc && \
-          cd grpc && mkdir -p cmake/build && cd cmake/build && cmake -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
+          cd grpc && mkdir -p cmake/build && cd cmake/build && cmake -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+            -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON \
             -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
             ../.. && sudo make --jobs 5
       - name: Install gRPC
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 907ad54b442d..84f89c6cf9cf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 RUN git clone --recurse-submodules --jobs 4 -b ${GRPC_VERSION} --depth 1 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/grpc/grpc && \
     mkdir -p /build/grpc/cmake/build && \
     cd /build/grpc/cmake/build && \
-    cmake -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/grpc ../.. && \
+    cmake -DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF -DgRPC_INSTALL=ON -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/opt/grpc ../.. && \
     make && \
     make install && \
     rm -rf /build
diff --git a/backend/cpp/grpc/Makefile b/backend/cpp/grpc/Makefile
index 5308693b33fe..6243bb42cdaa 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/grpc/Makefile
+++ b/backend/cpp/grpc/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ GRPC_BUILD=grpc_build
 
 export CMAKE_ARGS?=
 CMAKE_ARGS+=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+CMAKE_ARGS+=-DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF
 CMAKE_ARGS+=-DgRPC_INSTALL=ON
 CMAKE_ARGS+=-DEXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH=../$(INSTALLED_PACKAGES)/grpc/bin
 CMAKE_ARGS+=-DLIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH=../$(INSTALLED_PACKAGES)/grpc/lib
diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
index 87c07602ff0a..24a7dddbbee2 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),sycl_f32)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx
 endif
 
+## Putting this on most CMAKE_ARGS that hit gRPC for testing:
+CMAKE_ARGS+=-DABSL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF
+
 llama.cpp:
 	git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp llama.cpp
 	if [ -z "$(LLAMA_VERSION)" ]; then \