diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db0d0fbbc3..c321ca8b40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.projectreactor.netty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>reactor-netty-http</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.39</version> <!--e2e tests and samples only-->
+                <version>1.2.8</version> <!--e2e tests and samples only-->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>