diff --git a/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/NativeCode.java b/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/NativeCode.java
index 6c92c1f5..4e4130bc 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/NativeCode.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/jni/NativeCode.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ public final class NativeCode<T>
     {
         try
         {
-            return ( loaded ) ? nativeImpl.newInstance() : javaImpl.newInstance();
-        } catch ( IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException ex )
+            return ( loaded ) ? nativeImpl.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance() : javaImpl.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
+        } catch ( ReflectiveOperationException ex )
         {
             throw new RuntimeException( "Error getting instance", ex );
         }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ea1f089..37d4b242 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <build.number>unknown</build.number>
-        <netty.version>4.1.43.Final</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.1.44.Final</netty.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/entitymap/EntityMap.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/entitymap/EntityMap.java
index 983f4ce6..60e2889c 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/entitymap/EntityMap.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/entitymap/EntityMap.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package net.md_5.bungee.entitymap;
 
 import com.flowpowered.nbt.stream.NBTInputStream;
-import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufInputStream;
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ public abstract class EntityMap
                         new NBTInputStream( new ByteBufInputStream( packet ), false ).readTag();
                     } catch ( IOException ex )
                     {
-                        throw Throwables.propagate( ex );
+                        throw new RuntimeException( ex );
                     }
                     break;
                 case 15:
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ public abstract class EntityMap
                     new NBTInputStream( new ByteBufInputStream( packet ), false ).readTag();
                 } catch ( IOException ex )
                 {
-                    throw Throwables.propagate( ex );
+                    throw new RuntimeException( ex );
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java
index 2feb4d66..f95d5b6f 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoop;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpRequest;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class HttpClient
                     String path = uri.getRawPath() + ( ( uri.getRawQuery() == null ) ? "" : "?" + uri.getRawQuery() );
 
                     HttpRequest request = new DefaultHttpRequest( HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.GET, path );
-                    request.headers().set( HttpHeaders.Names.HOST, uri.getHost() );
+                    request.headers().set( HttpHeaderNames.HOST, uri.getHost() );
 
                     future.channel().writeAndFlush( request );
                 } else
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpHandler.java
index 96d0a71d..596ced71 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpHandler.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class HttpHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<HttpObject>
         if ( msg instanceof HttpResponse )
         {
             HttpResponse response = (HttpResponse) msg;
-            int responseCode = response.getStatus().code();
+            int responseCode = response.status().code();
 
             if ( responseCode == HttpResponseStatus.NO_CONTENT.code() )
             {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class HttpHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<HttpObject>
 
             if ( responseCode != HttpResponseStatus.OK.code() )
             {
-                throw new IllegalStateException( "Expected HTTP response 200 OK, got " + response.getStatus() );
+                throw new IllegalStateException( "Expected HTTP response 200 OK, got " + response.status() );
             }
         }
         if ( msg instanceof HttpContent )
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java
index ea75dfcd..37657c4c 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package net.md_5.bungee.http;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpClientCodec;
-import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContext;
+import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContextBuilder;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class HttpInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<Channel>
         ch.pipeline().addLast( "timeout", new ReadTimeoutHandler( HttpClient.TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS ) );
         if ( ssl )
         {
-            SSLEngine engine = SslContext.newClientContext().newEngine( ch.alloc(), host, port );
+            SSLEngine engine = SslContextBuilder.forClient().build().newEngine( ch.alloc(), host, port );
 
             ch.pipeline().addLast( "ssl", new SslHandler( engine ) );
         }