diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index d3e5389285..5d4d60b67b 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ Other
 ------
 * Improve Redis URI documentation and query parameter handling #153
 * Added configurable timeout to connection string #152
+* Update netty to 4.0.34.Final #186
 
 lettuce requires a minimum of Java 8 to build and Java 6 run. It is tested
 continuously against Redis 3.0 and the unstable branch.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ad8edb462..2c69372cd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <skipTests>true</skipTests>
         <github.site.upload.skip>true</github.site.upload.skip>
         <lettuce-release-version>3.3.2.Final</lettuce-release-version>
-        <netty-version>4.0.28.Final</netty-version>
+        <netty-version>4.0.34.Final</netty-version>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>