diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ffb00f7..6812071 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'software.amazon.awssdk', name: 'sts', version: '2.17.4' // Apache 2.0
 
     // explicit dependencies to get newer versions
-    implementation 'io.netty:netty-codec-http:4.1.80.Final'
-    implementation 'io.netty:netty-codec-http2:4.1.80.Final'
-    implementation 'io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:4.1.80.Final'
+    implementation 'io.netty:netty-codec-http:4.1.86.Final'
+    implementation 'io.netty:netty-codec-http2:4.1.86.Final'
+    implementation 'io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:4.1.86.Final'
 }
 
 // by default the Java plugin runs test on build, change to not do that (only run test if explicit task)