diff --git a/endpoints/citrus-zookeeper/pom.xml b/endpoints/citrus-zookeeper/pom.xml
index 14fa18982b..b24c991453 100644
--- a/endpoints/citrus-zookeeper/pom.xml
+++ b/endpoints/citrus-zookeeper/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+      <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
       <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a943e6b00..8d3380f496 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@
     <log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
     <mockito.version>5.6.0</mockito.version>
     <mockftpserver.version>3.1.0</mockftpserver.version>
+    <netty.version>4.1.100.Final</netty.version>
     <okhttp.version>4.11.0</okhttp.version>
     <saaj.version>3.0.2</saaj.version>
     <selenium.version>4.13.0</selenium.version>
@@ -986,6 +987,17 @@
         <version>${jakarta.validation.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>netty-handler</artifactId>
+        <version>${netty.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+        <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
+        <version>${netty.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
         <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>