diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ded1e8ee8..062282857e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
     <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
-    <version>4.1.86.Final</version><!-- FIXME this should be tied to the vertx version -->
+    <version>4.1.94.Final</version><!-- FIXME this should be tied to the vertx version -->
     <!-- https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/vertx/vertx-dependencies/${io.vertx.web.version}/vertx-dependencies-${io.vertx.web.version}.pom -->
     <!-- https://groups.google.com/g/vertx/c/uzzcgw-YuOg -->
   </dependency>