diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba6eb7a2..55e9447d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,9 +138,8 @@
     <metrics.http.extra.version>0.14.1</metrics.http.extra.version>
     <metrics.aggregator.protocol.version>1.3.1</metrics.aggregator.protocol.version>
     <mockito.version>5.20.0</mockito.version>
-    <netty.version>4.0.56.Final</netty.version>
+    <netty.version>4.2.7.Final</netty.version>
     <netty.all.version>4.0.21.Final</netty.all.version>
-    <netty.codec.http.version>4.2.6.Final</netty.codec.http.version>
     <ning.http.client.version>1.9.31</ning.http.client.version>
     <oval.version>3.2.1</oval.version>
     <play.ws.version>3.0.9</play.ws.version>
@@ -860,11 +859,6 @@
       <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
       <version>${asynchttpclient.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty-codec-http</artifactId>
-      <version>${netty.codec.http.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.playframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>play-ahc-ws-standalone_${scala.version}</artifactId>
@@ -976,6 +970,13 @@
         <scope>import</scope>
         <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>netty-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>${netty.version}</version>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+        <type>pom</type>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <profiles>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/HttpPostSink.java b/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/HttpPostSink.java
index ca3f64f5..2ef5e1b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/HttpPostSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/HttpPostSink.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JacksonInject;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderValues;
 import net.sf.oval.Validator;
 import net.sf.oval.constraint.CheckWith;
 import net.sf.oval.constraint.CheckWithCheck;
@@ -127,12 +125,12 @@ protected RequestInfo createRequest(final AsyncHttpClient client, final byte[] s
 
         final RequestBuilder requestBuilder = new RequestBuilder()
                 .setUri(getAysncHttpClientUri())
-                .setHeader(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaTypes.APPLICATION_JSON.toString())
+                .setHeader("Content-Type", MediaTypes.APPLICATION_JSON.toString())
                 .setBody(bodyData)
                 .setMethod(HttpConstants.Methods.POST);
 
         if (_enableCompression) {
-            requestBuilder.setHeader(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_ENCODING, HttpHeaderValues.GZIP);
+            requestBuilder.setHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
         }
 
         return new RequestInfo(requestBuilder.build(), serializedData.length, bodyData.length);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/KairosDbSink.java b/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/KairosDbSink.java
index e3fd81c8..802d2919 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/KairosDbSink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arpnetworking/tsdcore/sinks/KairosDbSink.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.doubles.Double2LongMap;
 import net.sf.oval.constraint.Min;
 import net.sf.oval.constraint.NotNull;
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ protected RequestInfo createRequest(final AsyncHttpClient client, final byte[] s
 
             final RequestBuilder requestBuilder = new RequestBuilder()
                     .setUri(getAysncHttpClientUri())
-                    .setHeader(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/gzip")
+                    .setHeader("Content-Type", "application/gzip")
                     .setBody(bodyData)
                     .setMethod(HttpConstants.Methods.POST);