diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/netty-4.0.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/netty-4.0.gradle
index 72d4ae791b..9828b49281 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/netty-4.0.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/netty-4.0.gradle
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ apply plugin: 'version-scan'
 
 versionScan {
   group = "io.netty"
-  module = "netty-all"
+  module = "netty-codec-http"
   legacyModule = "netty"
   versions = "[4.0.0.Final,4.1.0.Final)"
   verifyPresent = [
-    "io.netty.channel.local.LocalEventLoop": null,
+    "io.netty.handler.codec.spdy.SpdyOrHttpChooser": null,
   ]
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ testSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compileOnly group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-all', version: '4.0.0.Final'
+  compileOnly group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-codec-http', version: '4.0.0.Final'
 
   compile project(':dd-java-agent:agent-tooling')
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
index 0023a432d5..c64986f48b 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default {
 
   @Override
   public ElementMatcher<? super ClassLoader> classLoaderMatcher() {
-    return classLoaderHasClasses("io.netty.channel.local.LocalEventLoop");
+    return classLoaderHasClasses("io.netty.handler.codec.spdy.SpdyOrHttpChooser");
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default {
 
   @Override
   public Map<ElementMatcher, String> transformers() {
-    Map<ElementMatcher, String> transformers = new HashMap<>();
+    final Map<ElementMatcher, String> transformers = new HashMap<>();
     transformers.put(
         isMethod()
             .and(nameStartsWith("add"))
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/netty-4.1.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/netty-4.1.gradle
index 3107aeab3f..a1f3295ccb 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/netty-4.1.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/netty-4.1.gradle
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ apply plugin: 'version-scan'
 
 versionScan {
   group = "io.netty"
-  module = "netty-all"
+  module = "netty-codec-http"
   legacyModule = "netty"
   versions = "[4.1.0.Final,)"
   verifyPresent = [
-    "io.netty.handler.codec.http2.DefaultHttp2ConnectionDecoder": null,
+    "io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderValues": null,
   ]
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ testSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compileOnly group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-all', version: '4.1.0.Final'
+  compileOnly group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-codec-http', version: '4.1.0.Final'
 
   compile project(':dd-java-agent:agent-tooling')
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
index 311f10b60a..7677f2addb 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default {
 
   @Override
   public ElementMatcher<? super ClassLoader> classLoaderMatcher() {
-    return classLoaderHasClasses("io.netty.handler.codec.http2.DefaultHttp2ConnectionDecoder");
+    return classLoaderHasClasses("io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderValues");
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class NettyChannelPipelineInstrumentation extends Instrumenter.Default {
 
   @Override
   public Map<ElementMatcher, String> transformers() {
-    Map<ElementMatcher, String> transformers = new HashMap<>();
+    final Map<ElementMatcher, String> transformers = new HashMap<>();
     transformers.put(
         isMethod()
             .and(nameStartsWith("add"))