diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 592a2f8aa..46f0e7be7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.18.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 
-    <netty.version>4.1.94.Final</netty.version>
+    <netty.version>4.1.97.Final</netty.version>
     <netty.tcnative.version>2.0.61.Final</netty.tcnative.version>
     <grpc.version>1.56.1</grpc.version>
     <luaj-jse.version>3.0.1</luaj-jse.version>