diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
index 6e4cda952203d..8f566fce7b470 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.4.17'
   api 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty:1.0.17'
   api 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-core:1.0.16'
-  api 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http:1.0.16'
+  api 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http:1.0.18'
   api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${versions.slf4j}"
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${versions.jackson}"
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson_databind}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.16.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.16.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index d737315b06b62..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.16.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-93edb9a1dc774d843551a616e0f316e11ffa81ed
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.18.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.18.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..43599c0b6c691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.18.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a34930cbd46b53ffdb19d2089605f39589eb2b99
\ No newline at end of file