diff --git a/test-suite/build.gradle b/test-suite/build.gradle
index 20244dc08cd..758342b731a 100644
--- a/test-suite/build.gradle
+++ b/test-suite/build.gradle
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-lambda', version: '1.11.285'
 
     // needed for HTTP/2 tests
-    testImplementation 'io.netty:netty-tcnative:2.0.29.Final'
+    testImplementation 'io.netty:netty-tcnative:2.0.40.Final'
     testImplementation 'io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:2.0.29.Final'
     testImplementation "io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:2.0.29.Final:${Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_MAC) ? 'osx-x86_64' : 'linux-x86_64'}"
 }