diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a5d183e3dcca4a95339332582ed2091f85eedd0..e9700a5d7b1491537d523c8be9c4622ae881e2d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.23.Final</version>
+        <version>4.0.28.Final</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>