diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08d6dc3412da..70a5ce2df8ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     <opencsv.version>2.3</opencsv.version>
     <mockito-all.version>1.9.5</mockito-all.version>
     <mina.version>2.0.0-M5</mina.version>
-    <netty.version>4.0.23.Final</netty.version>
+    <netty.version>4.1.42.Final</netty.version>
     <parquet.version>1.6.0</parquet.version>
     <pig.version>0.12.0</pig.version>
     <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>