diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e9411d7..5a9535b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ waterfall_version=1.21-R0.1-SNAPSHOT
 fury_version=0.7.0
 r_version=1.0.8
 # should always match the netty version in (latest) minecraft release
-netty_version=4.1.97.Final
+netty_version=4.1.116.Final
 # https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.bouncycastle/bcpkix-jdk18on
 bouncy_version=1.78.1
 # https://projectlombok.org/setup/maven