diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f4aa65b18..e022695e6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
    <properties>
        <!-- base url for site deployment.  See distribution management for full url.  Override this in settings.xml for staging -->
       <staging.siteURL>scp://people.apache.org/x1/www/activemq.apache.org</staging.siteURL>
-      <netty.version>4.0.20.Final</netty.version>
+      <netty.version>4.0.28.Final</netty.version>
       <maven.assembly.plugin.version>2.4</maven.assembly.plugin.version>
       <activemq.version.versionName>${project.version}</activemq.version.versionName>
       <activemq.version.majorVersion>1</activemq.version.majorVersion>