diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index e70354208653d..a22ca9aebd969 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.2.Final</version>
+        <version>3.7.1.Final</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>