diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index 8509a12f8..ad40f4279 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <netty.version>4.2.0.RC3</netty.version>
+        <netty.version>4.2.4.Final</netty.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
                             <transformers>
-                                <transformer
-                                        implementation="org.apache.logging.log4j.maven.plugins.shade.transformer.Log4j2PluginCacheFileTransformer"/>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.logging.log4j.maven.plugins.shade.transformer.Log4j2PluginCacheFileTransformer"/>
                             </transformers>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>