diff --git a/dspace-api/pom.xml b/dspace-api/pom.xml
index 6d5ff4306b..1f591e2ce2 100644
--- a/dspace-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/pom.xml
@@ -888,32 +888,32 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-buffer</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+            <version>4.2.2.Final</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+            <version>4.2.2.Final</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+            <version>4.2.2.Final</version>
            </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-common</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+            <version>4.2.2.Final</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+            <version>4.2.2.Final</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+            <version>4.2.2.Final</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>