diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 6f04b5ae3..1712d188d 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val akkaHttpV = "10.2.10"
   val jacksonV = "2.17.1"
   val jacksonHotfixV = "2.17.1" // for when only some of the Jackson libs have hotfix releases
-  val nettyV = "4.1.109.Final"
+  val nettyV = "4.1.111.Final"
   val workbenchLibsHash = "5762674" // see https://github.com/broadinstitute/workbench-libs readme for hash values
 
   def excludeGuava(m: ModuleID): ModuleID = m.exclude("com.google.guava", "guava")