diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
index 74448e7a5ac06..89988fc3ed224 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "io.netty:netty-handler:${versions.netty}"
   api "io.netty:netty-resolver:${versions.netty}"
   api "io.netty:netty-transport:${versions.netty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-transport-native-unix-common:${versions.netty}"
 }
 
 restResources {
@@ -147,10 +148,6 @@ thirdPartyAudit {
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLContext',
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLPrivateKeyMethod',
 
-    // from  io.netty.channel.unix (netty)
-    'io.netty.channel.unix.FileDescriptor',
-    'io.netty.channel.unix.UnixChannel',
-
     // from io.netty.handler.ssl.util.BouncyCastleSelfSignedCertGenerator (netty)
     'org.bouncycastle.cert.X509v3CertificateBuilder',
     'org.bouncycastle.cert.jcajce.JcaX509CertificateConverter',
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-native-unix-common-4.1.78.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-native-unix-common-4.1.78.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..58224c6d6bddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-native-unix-common-4.1.78.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+62c64e182a11e31ad80e68a94f0b02b45344df23
\ No newline at end of file