diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a4e65b23f9..bf9a4884ddc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
         <disruptor.version>3.3.2</disruptor.version>
         <jgrapht.version>0.9.0</jgrapht.version>
         <guava.version>16.0.1</guava.version>
-        <netty.version>3.9.0.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>3.10.6.Final</netty.version>
         <sysout-over-slf4j.version>1.0.2</sysout-over-slf4j.version>
         <log4j-over-slf4j.version>1.6.6</log4j-over-slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.1</log4j.version>