diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05d663ac9..8e1e61f8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>2.0.6</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.14.2</jackson.version>
         <velocity.version>2.3</velocity.version>
-        <netty.version>4.1.89.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.118.Final</netty.version>
         <httpcomponents.version>4.4.1</httpcomponents.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.72</bouncycastle.version>
         <!-- highest spring version is 5.3 due to Java 1.8 version -->