diff --git a/bootstrap/bungeecord/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/bungeecord/GeyserBungeePlugin.java b/bootstrap/bungeecord/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/bungeecord/GeyserBungeePlugin.java
index bc076d1cb..421e5c893 100644
--- a/bootstrap/bungeecord/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/bungeecord/GeyserBungeePlugin.java
+++ b/bootstrap/bungeecord/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/bungeecord/GeyserBungeePlugin.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 
 package org.geysermc.geyser.platform.bungeecord;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.AdaptiveByteBufAllocator;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.channel.Channel;
 import net.md_5.bungee.BungeeCord;
 import net.md_5.bungee.api.CommandSender;
@@ -84,12 +82,9 @@ public class GeyserBungeePlugin extends Plugin implements GeyserBootstrap {
     public void onGeyserInitialize() {
         GeyserLocale.init(this);
 
-        // TODO remove when this isn't an issue anymore
-        boolean adaptiveAllocatorUsed = System.getProperty("io.netty.allocator.type") == null && ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT instanceof AdaptiveByteBufAllocator;
-
         try {
             List<Integer> supportedProtocols = ProtocolConstants.SUPPORTED_VERSION_IDS;
-            if (!supportedProtocols.contains(GameProtocol.getJavaProtocolVersion()) || adaptiveAllocatorUsed) {
+            if (!supportedProtocols.contains(GameProtocol.getJavaProtocolVersion())) {
                 geyserLogger.error("      / \\");
                 geyserLogger.error("     /   \\");
                 geyserLogger.error("    /  |  \\");
diff --git a/bootstrap/standalone/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/standalone/GeyserStandaloneBootstrap.java b/bootstrap/standalone/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/standalone/GeyserStandaloneBootstrap.java
index ea68d354c..42a296c16 100644
--- a/bootstrap/standalone/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/standalone/GeyserStandaloneBootstrap.java
+++ b/bootstrap/standalone/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/standalone/GeyserStandaloneBootstrap.java
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ public class GeyserStandaloneBootstrap implements GeyserBootstrap {
             ResourceLeakDetector.setLevel(ResourceLeakDetector.Level.DISABLED); // Can eat performance
         }
 
-        // Restore allocator used before Netty 4.2 due to oom issues with the adaptive allocator
-        if (System.getProperty("io.netty.allocator.type") == null) {
-            System.setProperty("io.netty.allocator.type", "pooled");
-        }
-
         System.setProperty("java.util.logging.manager", "org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager");
         GeyserStandaloneLogger.setupStreams();
 
diff --git a/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPlugin.java b/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPlugin.java
index a83a84d2c..76483acdc 100644
--- a/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPlugin.java
+++ b/bootstrap/velocity/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/platform/velocity/GeyserVelocityPlugin.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import com.velocitypowered.api.network.ProtocolVersion;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.Plugin;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.plugin.PluginContainer;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.ProxyServer;
-import io.netty.buffer.AdaptiveByteBufAllocator;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
@@ -93,10 +91,7 @@ public class GeyserVelocityPlugin implements GeyserBootstrap {
     public void onGeyserInitialize() {
         GeyserLocale.init(this);
 
-        // TODO remove when this isn't an issue anymore
-        boolean adaptiveAllocatorUsed = System.getProperty("io.netty.allocator.type") == null && ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT instanceof AdaptiveByteBufAllocator;
-
-        if (!ProtocolVersion.isSupported(GameProtocol.getJavaProtocolVersion()) || adaptiveAllocatorUsed) {
+        if (!ProtocolVersion.isSupported(GameProtocol.getJavaProtocolVersion())) {
             geyserLogger.error("      / \\");
             geyserLogger.error("     /   \\");
             geyserLogger.error("    /  |  \\");
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 71372eac9..d735a65fa 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ erosion = "1.1-20240521.000109-3"
 events = "1.1-SNAPSHOT"
 jackson = "2.17.0"
 fastutil = "8.5.15-SNAPSHOT"
-netty = "4.2.3.Final"
+netty = "4.2.7.Final"
 guava = "29.0-jre"
 gson = "2.3.1" # Provided by Spigot 1.8.8
 websocket = "1.5.1"