diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b0b6d1c..a8f0df67 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <commonsio.version>2.5</commonsio.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <commonlang3.version>3.0</commonlang3.version>
-        <netty.version>4.1.3.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.42.Final</netty.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
         <log4jServer.version>2.7</log4jServer.version>
         <trident.version>1.3</trident.version>