diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 4326e65555f..8fcd5cce59e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 		<mysql.version>8.0.21</mysql.version>
 		<nekohtml.version>1.9.22</nekohtml.version>
 		<neo4j-ogm.version>3.2.14</neo4j-ogm.version>
-		<netty.version>4.1.51.Final</netty.version>
+		<netty.version>4.1.52.Final</netty.version>
 		<netty-tcnative.version>2.0.31.Final</netty-tcnative.version>
 		<nio-multipart-parser.version>1.1.0</nio-multipart-parser.version>
 		<ojdbc.version>19.3.0.0</ojdbc.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/server/AbstractReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/server/AbstractReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
index e2cc94f6af8..e9ec3e2f057 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/server/AbstractReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/server/AbstractReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
@@ -257,7 +257,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractReactiveWebServerFactoryTests {
 		Mono<String> result = client.post().uri("/test").contentType(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
 				.body(BodyInserters.fromValue("Hello World")).exchange()
 				.flatMap((response) -> response.bodyToMono(String.class));
-		StepVerifier.create(result).expectError(SSLException.class).verify(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+		StepVerifier.create(result).expectErrorSatisfies((exception) -> {
+			if (!(exception instanceof SSLException)) {
+				assertThat(exception).hasCauseInstanceOf(SSLException.class);
+			}
+		}).verify(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
 	}
 
 	protected WebClient.Builder getWebClient() {