diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml b/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml
index 063055e7f6f..de2ddfae6b9 100644
--- a/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.56.Final</version>
+            <version>4.1.42.Final</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/HttpUploadServerHandler.java b/services/secondary-storage/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/HttpUploadServerHandler.java
index 8b5fcc5b6ec..4012ab1cc31 100644
--- a/services/secondary-storage/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/HttpUploadServerHandler.java
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/server/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/HttpUploadServerHandler.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
+import io.netty.handler.codec.DecoderException;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.template.UploadEntity;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.utils.imagestore.ImageStoreUtil;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.FileUpload;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.HttpDataFactory;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.HttpPostRequestDecoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.HttpPostRequestDecoder.ErrorDataDecoderException;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.HttpPostRequestDecoder.IncompatibleDataDecoderException;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.InterfaceHttpData;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.InterfaceHttpData.HttpDataType;
 import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class HttpUploadServerHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<HttpObj
                 try {
                     //initialize the decoder
                     decoder = new HttpPostRequestDecoder(factory, request);
-                } catch (ErrorDataDecoderException | IncompatibleDataDecoderException e) {
+                } catch (DecoderException e) {
                     logger.error("exception while initialising the decoder", e);
                     responseContent.append(e.getMessage());
                     writeResponse(ctx.channel(), HttpResponseStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);