diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/RemoteConnection.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/RemoteConnection.scala
index 5aeb484c42..1979857bf0 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/RemoteConnection.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/main/scala/akka/remote/testconductor/RemoteConnection.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 package akka.remote.testconductor
 
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.{ Channel, ChannelPipeline, ChannelPipelineFactory, ChannelUpstreamHandler, SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler, StaticChannelPipeline }
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.{ Channel, ChannelPipeline, ChannelPipelineFactory, ChannelUpstreamHandler, SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler, DefaultChannelPipeline }
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.{ NioClientSocketChannelFactory, NioServerSocketChannelFactory }
 import org.jboss.netty.bootstrap.{ ClientBootstrap, ServerBootstrap }
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.{ LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder, LengthFieldPrepender }
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.protobuf.{ ProtobufDecoder, ProtobufEncoder
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.timeout.{ ReadTimeoutHandler, ReadTimeoutException }
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors
+import akka.event.Logging
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API.
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ private[akka] class TestConductorPipelineFactory(handler: ChannelUpstreamHandler
     val encap = List(new LengthFieldPrepender(4), new LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder(10000, 0, 4, 0, 4))
     val proto = List(new ProtobufEncoder, new ProtobufDecoder(TestConductorProtocol.Wrapper.getDefaultInstance))
     val msg = List(new MsgEncoder, new MsgDecoder)
-    new StaticChannelPipeline(encap ::: proto ::: msg ::: handler :: Nil: _*)
+    (encap ::: proto ::: msg ::: handler :: Nil).foldLeft(new DefaultChannelPipeline) {
+      (pipe, handler) ⇒ pipe.addLast(Logging.simpleName(handler.getClass), handler); pipe
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/Client.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/Client.scala
index 86c534c418..e3a2cea9a7 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/Client.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/Client.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.net.{ InetAddress, InetSocketAddress }
 import org.jboss.netty.util.{ Timeout, TimerTask, HashedWheelTimer }
 import org.jboss.netty.bootstrap.ClientBootstrap
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.DefaultChannelGroup
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.{ ChannelFutureListener, ChannelHandler, StaticChannelPipeline, MessageEvent, ExceptionEvent, ChannelStateEvent, ChannelPipelineFactory, ChannelPipeline, ChannelHandlerContext, ChannelFuture, Channel }
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.{ ChannelFutureListener, ChannelHandler, DefaultChannelPipeline, MessageEvent, ExceptionEvent, ChannelStateEvent, ChannelPipelineFactory, ChannelPipeline, ChannelHandlerContext, ChannelFuture, Channel }
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.{ LengthFieldPrepender, LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder }
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.execution.ExecutionHandler
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.timeout.{ IdleState, IdleStateEvent, IdleStateAwareChannelHandler, IdleStateHandler }
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
index b42239f470..61124cfecb 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/netty/NettyRemoteSupport.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors
 import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.group.{ DefaultChannelGroup, ChannelGroupFuture }
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketChannelFactory
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.{ ChannelHandlerContext, Channel, StaticChannelPipeline, ChannelHandler, ChannelPipelineFactory, ChannelLocal }
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.{ ChannelHandlerContext, Channel, DefaultChannelPipeline, ChannelHandler, ChannelPipelineFactory, ChannelLocal }
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.{ LengthFieldPrepender, LengthFieldBasedFrameDecoder }
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.protobuf.{ ProtobufEncoder, ProtobufDecoder }
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.execution.{ ExecutionHandler, OrderedMemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor }
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ private[akka] class NettyRemoteTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider
    */
   object PipelineFactory {
     /**
-     * Construct a StaticChannelPipeline from a sequence of handlers; to be used
+     * Construct a DefaultChannelPipeline from a sequence of handlers; to be used
      * in implementations of ChannelPipelineFactory.
      */
-    def apply(handlers: Seq[ChannelHandler]): StaticChannelPipeline = new StaticChannelPipeline(handlers: _*)
+    def apply(handlers: Seq[ChannelHandler]): DefaultChannelPipeline =
+      handlers.foldLeft(new DefaultChannelPipeline) {
+        (pipe, handler) ⇒ pipe.addLast(Logging.simpleName(handler.getClass), handler); pipe
+      }
 
     /**
      * Constructs the NettyRemoteTransport default pipeline with the give “head” handler, which
diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 736927e7c2..d6d23eb56b 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ object Dependency {
   object V {
     val Camel        = "2.8.0"
     val Logback      = "1.0.4"
-    val Netty        = "3.3.0.Final"
+    val Netty        = "3.5.0.Final"
     val Protobuf     = "2.4.1"
     val ScalaStm     = "0.5"
     val Scalatest    = "1.6.1"