diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7611df09b4b..f3317365396 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <osgi-version>7.0.0</osgi-version>
     <qpid-proton-version>0.34.1</qpid-proton-version>
     <qpid-jms-version>2.10.0</qpid-jms-version>
-    <netty-version>4.2.15.Final</netty-version>
+    <netty-version>4.2.16.Final</netty-version>
     <rome-version>2.1.0</rome-version>
     <shiro-version>2.2.1</shiro-version>
     <slf4j-version>2.0.18</slf4j-version>