diff --git a/external/flume/pom.xml b/external/flume/pom.xml
index f21963531574b..3cf11e9a4c595 100644
--- a/external/flume/pom.xml
+++ b/external/flume/pom.xml
@@ -61,12 +61,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.flume</groupId>
       <artifactId>flume-ng-sdk</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.0</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
           <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>