diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84be08125bf..51b1464e53f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       <maven.assembly.plugin.version>2.4</maven.assembly.plugin.version>
       <mockito.version>3.3.3</mockito.version>
       <jctools.version>2.1.2</jctools.version>
-      <netty.version>4.1.51.Final</netty.version>
+      <netty.version>4.1.59.Final</netty.version>
 
       <!-- this is basically for tests -->
       <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.33.Final</netty-tcnative-version>