diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31255ef7d48..b3b73c22d9f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
       <asciidoctorj.pdf.version>2.3.23</asciidoctorj.pdf.version>
 
       <!-- this is basically for tests -->
-      <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.80.Final</netty-tcnative-version>
+      <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.81.Final</netty-tcnative-version>
       <proton.version>0.34.1</proton.version>
       <protonj2.version>1.1.0</protonj2.version>
       <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>