diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa13d556e271..ea5d40a86397 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <grpc.protobuf-compile.version>3.19.6</grpc.protobuf-compile.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0.Final</os-maven-plugin.version>
 
-    <netty.version>4.1.79.Final</netty.version>
+    <!-- Use netty version known to work with grpc-netty. See table: -->
+    <!-- https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/blob/master/SECURITY.md#netty -->
+    <netty.version>4.1.77.Final</netty.version>
     <io.grpc.version>1.48.1</io.grpc.version>
 
     <!-- define the Java language version used by the compiler -->