diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f970ede79..c23ebb4b80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@
         <dependency.ooxml-schemas.version>1.4</dependency.ooxml-schemas.version>
         <dependency.keycloak.version>18.0.0</dependency.keycloak.version>
         <dependency.jboss.logging.version>3.5.0.Final</dependency.jboss.logging.version>
-        <dependency.camel.version>3.15.0</dependency.camel.version> <!-- when bumping this version, please keep track/sync with included netty.io dependencies (can cause dependency conflicts)-->
+        <dependency.camel.version>3.18.2</dependency.camel.version> <!-- when bumping this version, please keep track/sync with included netty.io dependencies -->
+        <dependency.netty.version>4.1.79.Final</dependency.netty.version> <!-- must be in sync with camels transitive dependencies, e.g.: netty-common -->
+        <dependency.netty.qpid.version>4.1.72.Final</dependency.netty.qpid.version> <!-- must be in sync with camels transitive dependencies: native-unix-common/native-epoll/native-kqueue -->
+        <dependency.netty-tcnative.version>2.0.53.Final</dependency.netty-tcnative.version> <!-- must be in sync with camels transitive dependencies -->
         <dependency.activemq.version>5.17.1</dependency.activemq.version>
         <dependency.apache-compress.version>1.21</dependency.apache-compress.version>
         <dependency.apache.taglibs.version>1.2.5</dependency.apache.taglibs.version>
@@ -851,6 +854,18 @@
                 <artifactId>camel-mock</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.camel.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Netty non-transitive dependencies declared for depending projects usage in conjunction with Camel's other transitive netty dependencies -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>netty-handler-proxy</artifactId>
+                <version>${dependency.netty.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>netty-tcnative-classes</artifactId>
+                <version>${dependency.netty-tcnative.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.taglibs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>taglibs-standard-spec</artifactId>