diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1f07a2d1f..a60960b55f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
             <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>