diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/bkjournal/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/bkjournal/pom.xml
index 9b267fe..0ce916d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/bkjournal/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/contrib/bkjournal/pom.xml
@@ -38,12 +38,10 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
-      <!-- This is a really old version of netty, that gets privatized
-           via shading and hence it is not managed via a parent pom -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.4.Final</version>
+        <version>3.9.3.Final</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index b315e2b..a9da3aa 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
         <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.2.Final</version>
+        <version>3.9.3.Final</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>