diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 444871306a..5b93e30044 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
 
     lazy val multiverse = "org.multiverse" % "multiverse-alpha" % MULTIVERSE_VERSION % "compile" intransitive
 
-    lazy val netty = "org.jboss.netty" % "netty" % "3.2.2.Final" % "compile"
+    lazy val netty = "org.jboss.netty" % "netty" % "3.2.3.Final" % "compile"
 
     lazy val protobuf = "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java" % "2.3.0" % "compile"