diff --git a/plc4j/drivers/s7/pom.xml b/plc4j/drivers/s7/pom.xml
index f94c0ef127..788d5cb90a 100644
--- a/plc4j/drivers/s7/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/drivers/s7/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>netty-codec-base</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/plc4j/spi/pom.xml b/plc4j/spi/pom.xml
index b31a2b1cbe..a04cabe39e 100644
--- a/plc4j/spi/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/spi/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>netty-codec-base</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/plc4j/transports/serial/pom.xml b/plc4j/transports/serial/pom.xml
index 88b6839cc4..0216a77f1a 100644
--- a/plc4j/transports/serial/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/transports/serial/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>netty-codec-base</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/plc4j/transports/udp/pom.xml b/plc4j/transports/udp/pom.xml
index f8bcbeee52..aaca380844 100644
--- a/plc4j/transports/udp/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/transports/udp/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>netty-codec-base</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/plc4j/utils/plc-simulator/pom.xml b/plc4j/utils/plc-simulator/pom.xml
index 73b01ee5f8..70ee1e3d3f 100644
--- a/plc4j/utils/plc-simulator/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/utils/plc-simulator/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty-codec</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>netty-codec-base</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddc68955ff..e172f862ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     <milo.version>0.6.16</milo.version>
     <mockito.version>5.19.0</mockito.version>
     <!-- Netty 4.2.x seems to break the serial transports -->
-    <netty.version>4.1.123.Final</netty.version>
+    <netty.version>4.2.5.Final</netty.version>
     <pcap4j.version>1.8.2</pcap4j.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
     <vavr.version>0.10.7</vavr.version>