diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 10bf47fe18c93..29bf3154eee40 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ecsLogging        = 0.1.3
 # when updating the JNA version, also update the version in buildSrc/build.gradle
 jna               = 5.7.0-1
 
-netty             = 4.1.49.Final
+netty             = 4.1.63.Final
 joda              = 2.10.10
 
 commons_lang3                   = 3.9
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
index 44373e48545d9..b4dbdc137700a 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ tasks.named("thirdPartyAudit").configure {
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SessionTicketKey',
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SniHostNameMatcher',
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSL',
+    'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLSession',
+    'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLSessionCache',
     'org.eclipse.jetty.alpn.ALPN$ClientProvider',
     'org.eclipse.jetty.alpn.ALPN$ServerProvider',
     'org.eclipse.jetty.alpn.ALPN',
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 14da1fbad92f1..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8e819a81bca88d1e88137336f64531a53db0a4ad
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d472369d69bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+40028ce5ac7c43f1c9a1439f74637cad04013e23
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6353dc0b7ada3..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-20218de83c906348283f548c255650fd06030424
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8bfbe331c55c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d4d2fccea88c80e56d59ce1053c53df0f9f4f5db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 07651dd7f7682..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4f30dbc462b26c588dffc0eb7552caef1a0f549e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0279e286e318d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f8c9b159dcb76452dc98a370a5511ff993670419
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c0aee66a9914..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-927c8563a1662d869b145e70ce82ad89100f2c90
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..54e103f1d8b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e1206b46384d4dcbecee2901f18ce65ecf02e8a4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index c6e2ae4fa045c..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c73443adb9d085d5dc2d5b7f3bdd91d5963976f7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae180d9ae4016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+879a43c2325b08e92e8967218b6ddb0ed4b7a0d3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 986895a8ecf31..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-eb81e1f0eaa99e75983bf3d28cae2b103e0f3a34
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eb6858e75cc21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d07cd47c101dfa655d6d5cc304d523742fd78ca8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 175b8c84a8824..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-415ea7f326635743aec952fe2349ca45959e94a7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c41cdc86c51c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+09a8bbe1ba082c9434e6f524d3864a53f340f2df
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/build.gradle b/plugins/transport-nio/build.gradle
index 2e0e3454f1184..b65e9dffb4fae 100644
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/build.gradle
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ tasks.named("thirdPartyAudit").configure {
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.CertificateVerifier',
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SessionTicketKey',
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SniHostNameMatcher',
+    'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLSession',
+	  'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLSessionCache',
 
     'reactor.blockhound.BlockHound$Builder',
     'reactor.blockhound.integration.BlockHoundIntegration'
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 14da1fbad92f1..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8e819a81bca88d1e88137336f64531a53db0a4ad
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d472369d69bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+40028ce5ac7c43f1c9a1439f74637cad04013e23
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6353dc0b7ada3..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-20218de83c906348283f548c255650fd06030424
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8bfbe331c55c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d4d2fccea88c80e56d59ce1053c53df0f9f4f5db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 07651dd7f7682..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4f30dbc462b26c588dffc0eb7552caef1a0f549e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0279e286e318d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f8c9b159dcb76452dc98a370a5511ff993670419
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c0aee66a9914..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-927c8563a1662d869b145e70ce82ad89100f2c90
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..54e103f1d8b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e1206b46384d4dcbecee2901f18ce65ecf02e8a4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index c6e2ae4fa045c..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c73443adb9d085d5dc2d5b7f3bdd91d5963976f7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae180d9ae4016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+879a43c2325b08e92e8967218b6ddb0ed4b7a0d3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 986895a8ecf31..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-eb81e1f0eaa99e75983bf3d28cae2b103e0f3a34
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eb6858e75cc21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d07cd47c101dfa655d6d5cc304d523742fd78ca8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 175b8c84a8824..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-415ea7f326635743aec952fe2349ca45959e94a7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c41cdc86c51c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+09a8bbe1ba082c9434e6f524d3864a53f340f2df
\ No newline at end of file