diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53d3db183..de51d8889 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <build.number>unknown</build.number>
-        <netty.version>4.0.39.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.0.40.Final</netty.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>