diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ca2ce39..3739511e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <build.number>unknown</build.number>
-        <netty.version>4.0.0.Beta3</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.0.0.CR1-SNAPSHOT</netty.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>