diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
index 07ae4b46b..4530d892d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery</site.installationModule>
-    <netty.version>4.1.119.Final</netty.version>
+    <netty.version>4.2.0.Final</netty.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>