diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 09b47638c2f6..0eecacde36d0 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <dep.junit.version>4.11</dep.junit.version>
     <dep.slf4j.version>1.7.25</dep.slf4j.version>
     <dep.guava.version>18.0</dep.guava.version>
-    <dep.netty.version>4.1.17.Final</dep.netty.version>
+    <dep.netty.version>4.1.52.Final</dep.netty.version>
     <dep.jackson.version>2.7.9</dep.jackson.version>
     <dep.hadoop.version>2.7.1</dep.hadoop.version>
     <fbs.version>1.2.0-3f79e055</fbs.version>
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
                 <pluginExecution>
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
                     </goals>
                   </pluginExecutionFilter>
                   <action>
-                    <ignore />
+                    <ignore/>
                   </action>
                 </pluginExecution>
               </pluginExecutions>