diff --git a/features/odl-tapi21-grpc-ext/pom.xml b/features/odl-tapi21-grpc-ext/pom.xml
index e91ea81..6a1ac2b 100644
--- a/features/odl-tapi21-grpc-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/features/odl-tapi21-grpc-ext/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html INTERNAL
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.29.Final</version>
+            <version>4.1.45.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>