diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4e6f96bc6..7741a62b36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       <jgroups.version>3.6.13.Final</jgroups.version>
       <maven.assembly.plugin.version>2.4</maven.assembly.plugin.version>
       <mockito.version>2.8.47</mockito.version>
-      <netty.version>4.1.16.Final</netty.version>
+      <netty.version>4.1.18.Final</netty.version>
       <proton.version>0.23.0</proton.version>
       <resteasy.version>3.0.19.Final</resteasy.version>
       <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>