diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 8d882e4e38bef..8de03f51c92b6 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     <gson.version>2.2.4</gson.version>
     <metrics.version>3.2.4</metrics.version>
     <netty3.version>3.10.6.Final</netty3.version>
-    <netty4.version>4.1.61.Final</netty4.version>
+    <netty4.version>4.1.68.Final</netty4.version>
     <snappy-java.version>1.1.8.2</snappy-java.version>
     <lz4-java.version>1.7.1</lz4-java.version>