diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index 9999fe82d..5985ceae3 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
             <!-- we only support unix sockets on linux, via epoll native lib -->
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.119.Final</version>
+            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
             <!-- TODO: with 5+ (still alpha), arm is support and we should package multiple versions -->
             <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
         </dependency>