diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 95313ffd516..eb1f0af57b2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -836,6 +836,11 @@
 				<scope>import</scope>
 				<type>pom</type>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+				<artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+				<version>${netty.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
 				<artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>