diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HeaderVerifierIT.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HeaderVerifierIT.java
index 33af5ed185b12..9ba93b8f91bf1 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HeaderVerifierIT.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/http/netty4/Netty4HeaderVerifierIT.java
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ public void testThatNettyHttpServerRequestBlockedWithHeaderVerifier() throws Exc
                 FullHttpResponse blockedResponse = nettyHttpClient.send(transportAddress.address(), blockedRequest);
                 responses.add(blockedResponse);
                 assertThat(blockedResponse.status().code(), equalTo(401));
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
             } finally {
                 responses.forEach(ReferenceCounted::release);
             }