diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 364107aa797..dda1a5f2018 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7.0.Final</version>
+            <version>3.8.0.Final</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>