diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e40b965..47638d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.version>3.8.6</quarkus.version>
 
-    <solace.version>1.7.0</solace.version>
+    <solace.version>1.4.0</solace.version>
 
     <assertj-core.version>3.24.2</assertj-core.version>
     <weld.version>5.1.2.Final</weld.version>
diff --git a/quarkus-solace-client/deployment/src/main/java/com/solace/quarkus/deployment/SolaceProcessor.java b/quarkus-solace-client/deployment/src/main/java/com/solace/quarkus/deployment/SolaceProcessor.java
index 3b47242..0688a31 100644
--- a/quarkus-solace-client/deployment/src/main/java/com/solace/quarkus/deployment/SolaceProcessor.java
+++ b/quarkus-solace-client/deployment/src/main/java/com/solace/quarkus/deployment/SolaceProcessor.java
@@ -105,12 +105,4 @@ HealthBuildItem addHealthCheck(SolaceBuildTimeConfig buildTimeConfig) {
                 buildTimeConfig.health().enabled());
     }
 
-    /**
-     * `Version.identify()` in netty-common uses the resource to determine the version of netty.
-     */
-    @BuildStep
-    NativeImageResourceBuildItem nettyVersions() {
-        return new NativeImageResourceBuildItem("META-INF/io.netty.versions.properties");
-    }
-
 }