diff --git a/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml b/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml
index f823fa4ed..9ff95b40c 100644
--- a/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-test-suite/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <netty.version>4.2.0.RC3</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.2.8.Final</netty.version>
     </properties>
 
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Test Suite</name>