diff --git a/providers/flagd/pom.xml b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
index db0630482..1084600ff 100644
--- a/providers/flagd/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flagd/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <!-- we only support unix sockets on linux, via epoll native lib -->
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.97.Final</version>
+            <version>4.1.98.Final</version>
             <!-- TODO: with 5+ (still alpha), arm is support and we should package multiple versions -->
             <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
         </dependency>