diff --git a/apache-pulsar.yaml b/apache-pulsar.yaml
index 47ebd44c395..97e12349a52 100644
--- a/apache-pulsar.yaml
+++ b/apache-pulsar.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: apache-pulsar
   version: "4.0.6"
-  epoch: 0
+  epoch: 1
   description: Pulsar is a distributed pub-sub messaging platform with a very flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.
   copyright:
     - license: Apache-2.0
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ pipeline:
 
   - uses: maven/pombump
 
+  - uses: maven/pombump
+    with:
+      patch-file: pombump-properties.yaml
+      pom: buildtools/pom.xml
+
   - name: Build
     runs: ./mvnw package -DskipTests
 
diff --git a/apache-pulsar/pombump-properties.yaml b/apache-pulsar/pombump-properties.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81e4d1b2100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-pulsar/pombump-properties.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+properties:
+  - property: netty.version
+    value: "4.1.124.Final"