diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 07445fe50155..10bf47fe18c9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ checkstyle = 8.39
 # optional dependencies
 spatial4j         = 0.7
 jts               = 1.15.0
-jackson           = 2.10.4
-snakeyaml         = 1.26
+jackson           = 2.12.2
+snakeyaml         = 1.27
 icu4j             = 62.1
 supercsv          = 2.4.0
 # when updating log4j, please update also docs/java-api/index.asciidoc
diff --git a/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f83a4ac442b3..000000000000
--- a/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8796585e716440d6dd5128b30359932a9eb74d0d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..953c420544bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/sniffer/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8df50138521d05561a308ec2799cc8dda20c06df
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f83a4ac442b3..000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8796585e716440d6dd5128b30359932a9eb74d0d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..953c420544bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8df50138521d05561a308ec2799cc8dda20c06df
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index d34470c70b91..000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c854bb2d46138198cb5d4aae86ef6c04b8bc1e70
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a1d23830b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+71866a16d9678d8d7718baea0a28c7d0e1a67360
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index a8611e152f97..000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c872c2e224cfdcc5481037d477f5890f05c001b4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bdad17e1c7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+110be3a2ac0acf51e68967669db47ca9a507e057
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fe3ec1a7e3a..000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8a7f3c6b640bd89214807af6d8160b4b3b16af93
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3455d5aadd43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8c549fb29f390f6fd0c20cf0a1d83f7e38dc7ffb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/snakeyaml-1.26.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/snakeyaml-1.26.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index fde3aba8edad..000000000000
--- a/libs/x-content/licenses/snakeyaml-1.26.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a78a8747147d2c5807683e76ec2b633e95c14fe9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/x-content/licenses/snakeyaml-1.27.jar.sha1 b/libs/x-content/licenses/snakeyaml-1.27.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36080993df85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/x-content/licenses/snakeyaml-1.27.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+359d62567480b07a679dc643f82fc926b100eed5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c548bb0e771..000000000000
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6ae6028aff033f194c9710ad87c224ccaadeed6c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e6b8be3e084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0a770cc4c0a1fb0bfd8a150a6a0004e42bc99fca
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d5a72cd27a..000000000000
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-76e9152e93d4cf052f93a64596f633ba5b1c8ed9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e574b75a883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5f9d79e09ebf5d54a46e9f4543924cf7ae7654e0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c548bb0e771..000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6ae6028aff033f194c9710ad87c224ccaadeed6c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e6b8be3e084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0a770cc4c0a1fb0bfd8a150a6a0004e42bc99fca
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d5a72cd27a..000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-76e9152e93d4cf052f93a64596f633ba5b1c8ed9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e574b75a883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5f9d79e09ebf5d54a46e9f4543924cf7ae7654e0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/azure-storage-blob/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-azure/azure-storage-blob/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 1101ac2cd9be..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/azure-storage-blob/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import org.elasticsearch.gradle.internal.JavaClassPublicifier;
-
-apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.java'
-apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
-
-configurations {
-  originalJar {
-    transitive = false
-  }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  originalJar "com.azure:azure-storage-blob:${project.parent.versions.azure}"
-  implementation "com.azure:azure-storage-blob:${project.parent.versions.azure}"
-}
-
-// We have to rewrite the service classes to make them public to avoid
-// granting the permission "java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission" "newProxyInPackage"
-// to this plugin.
-//
-// There are plans to make those public in the azure sdk side, but in the meanwhile
-// we just do this workaround
-// https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/issues/12829#issuecomment-736755543
-List<String> classesToRewrite = ['com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/AppendBlobsImpl$AppendBlobsService.class',
-                                 'com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/BlobsImpl$BlobsService.class',
-                                 'com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/BlockBlobsImpl$BlockBlobsService.class',
-                                 'com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/ContainersImpl$ContainersService.class',
-                                 'com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/DirectorysImpl$DirectorysService.class',
-                                 'com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/PageBlobsImpl$PageBlobsService.class',
-                                 'com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/ServicesImpl$ServicesService.class']
-
-tasks.register('extractClientClasses', Copy).configure {
-  from({ zipTree(configurations.originalJar.singleFile) }) {
-    include "com/azure/storage/blob/implementation/**"
-  }
-  into project.file('build/original')
-}
-
-def modifiedOutput = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir('modified')
-def makePublic = tasks.register('makeClientClassesPublic', JavaClassPublicifier) {
-  dependsOn 'extractClientClasses'
-  classFiles = classesToRewrite
-  inputDir = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir('original')
-  outputDir = modifiedOutput
-}
-
-sourceSets.main.output.dir(modifiedOutput, builtBy: makePublic)
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
index de3e3813b0ec..13c41e719ded 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/build.gradle
@@ -22,38 +22,35 @@ esplugin {
 }
 
 versions << [
-  'azure': '12.9.0',
-  'azureCore': '1.10.0',
-  'azureCoreHttpNetty': '1.6.3',
+  'azure': '12.11.1',
+  'azureCore': '1.16.0',
+  'azureCoreHttpNetty': '1.9.1',
+  'azureAvro': '12.0.4',
 
   'jakartaActivation': '1.2.1',
   'jakartaXMLBind': '2.3.2',
   'stax2API': '4.2',
-  'woodstox': '6.0.2',
+  'woodstox': '6.2.4',
 
-  'reactorNetty': '0.9.12.RELEASE',
-  'reactorCore': '3.3.10.RELEASE',
+  'azureNetty': '4.1.63.Final',
+  'reactorNetty': '1.0.6',
+  'reactorCore': '3.4.5',
   'reactiveStreams': '1.0.3',
 ]
 
 dependencies {
-  api project(path: 'azure-storage-blob', configuration: 'shadow')
-  if (isEclipse) {
-    /*
-     * Eclipse can't pick up the shadow dependency so we point it at *something*
-     * so it can compile things.
-     */
-    api project(path: 'azure-storage-blob')
-  }
   api "com.azure:azure-storage-common:${versions.azure}"
+  api "com.azure:azure-storage-blob:${versions.azure}"
   api "com.azure:azure-core-http-netty:${versions.azureCoreHttpNetty}"
   api "com.azure:azure-core:${versions.azureCore}"
+  api "com.azure:azure-storage-internal-avro:${versions.azureAvro}"
 
   // jackson
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${versions.jackson}"
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson}"
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:${versions.jackson}"
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson}"
+  api "com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:${versions.jackson}"
 
   // jackson xml
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${versions.jackson}"
@@ -65,19 +62,24 @@ dependencies {
   api "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${versions.woodstox}"
 
   // netty
-  api "io.netty:netty-buffer:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-codec-http:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-codec-http2:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-codec-socks:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-codec:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-common:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-handler-proxy:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-handler:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-resolver:${versions.netty}"
-  api "io.netty:netty-transport:${versions.netty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-buffer:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-codec:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-codec-dns:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-codec-http:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-codec-http2:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-codec-socks:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-common:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-handler:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-handler-proxy:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-resolver:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-resolver-dns:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-transport:${versions.azureNetty}"
+  api "io.netty:netty-transport-native-unix-common:${versions.azureNetty}"
 
   // reactor
   api "io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty:${versions.reactorNetty}"
+  api "io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-core:${versions.reactorNetty}"
+  api "io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http:${versions.reactorNetty}"
   api "io.projectreactor:reactor-core:${versions.reactorCore}"
   api "org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams:${versions.reactiveStreams}"
 
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ tasks.named("dependencyLicenses").configure {
   mapping from: /netty-.*/, to: 'netty'
   mapping from: /jaxb-.*/, to: 'jaxb'
   mapping from: /stax-.*/, to: 'stax'
+  mapping from: /reactor-netty-.*/, to: 'reactor-netty'
   mapping from: /reactive-streams.*/, to: 'reactive-streams'
 }
 
@@ -240,6 +243,8 @@ tasks.named("thirdPartyAudit").configure {
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.CertificateVerifier',
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SessionTicketKey',
     'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SniHostNameMatcher',
+    'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLSession',
+    'io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSLSessionCache',
 
     // from io.netty.util.internal.Hidden (netty-common optional dependency)
     'reactor.blockhound.BlockHound$Builder',
@@ -248,14 +253,23 @@ tasks.named("thirdPartyAudit").configure {
     // it uses NIO
     'io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueue',
     'io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueDatagramChannel',
+    'io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueDomainSocketChannel',
     'io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueEventLoopGroup',
+    'io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueServerDomainSocketChannel',
     'io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueServerSocketChannel',
     'io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueSocketChannel',
     'io.netty.channel.epoll.Epoll',
     'io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollDatagramChannel',
+    'io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollDomainSocketChannel',
     'io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollEventLoopGroup',
+    'io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollServerDomainSocketChannel',
     'io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollServerSocketChannel',
     'io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollSocketChannel',
+    'io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUring',
+    'io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUringDatagramChannel',
+    'io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUringEventLoopGroup',
+    'io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUringServerSocketChannel',
+    'io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUringSocketChannel',
 
     // from reactor.netty.http.server.HttpServer (reactor-netty)
     'io.netty.handler.codec.haproxy.HAProxyMessage',
@@ -265,13 +279,11 @@ tasks.named("thirdPartyAudit").configure {
     'org.osgi.framework.BundleActivator',
     'org.osgi.framework.BundleContext',
 
-    // from com.ctc.wstx.shaded.msv_core.driver.textui.Driver (woodstox-core)
-    'com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.resolver.Catalog',
-    'com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.resolver.tools.CatalogResolver',
-
     'org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder',
     'org.slf4j.impl.StaticMDCBinder',
     'org.slf4j.impl.StaticMarkerBinder',
+
+    'com.ctc.wstx.shaded.msv_core.driver.textui.Driver',
   )
 
   ignoreViolations(
@@ -297,11 +309,7 @@ tasks.named("thirdPartyAudit").configure {
     'javax.activation.MailcapCommandMap',
     'javax.activation.MimetypesFileTypeMap',
 
-    'reactor.core.publisher.MultiProducerRingBuffer',
-    'reactor.core.publisher.RingBufferFields',
     'reactor.core.publisher.Traces$SharedSecretsCallSiteSupplierFactory$TracingException',
-    'reactor.core.publisher.UnsafeSequence',
-    'reactor.core.publisher.UnsafeSupport'
   )
 }
 boolean useFixture = false
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-1.10.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-1.10.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 87047850d545..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-1.10.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d5e1258ba153b5e27c90b7c9cad262e6fc171d24
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-1.16.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-1.16.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c33853204381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-1.16.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4942bfa35a89a1fc9cabd18427a9b450d392215b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-http-netty-1.6.3.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-http-netty-1.6.3.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 59ae7ea8c65b..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-http-netty-1.6.3.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1c72bdc36faad65f53dd160becc38dd93a7356e2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-http-netty-1.9.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-http-netty-1.9.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1fbd78d70d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-core-http-netty-1.9.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b78134e2715eaef150ae3786806ff640bd0439ba
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-blob-12.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-blob-12.11.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7114857449f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-blob-12.11.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ac89edaa19ee481c832970e944af16b3b772881a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.11.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86e795bf2b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.11.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+61b336d02e1d8839d68db47d884574fe41535e04
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.9.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.9.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f486ffca2bb4..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-common-12.9.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-42d0439a676e51bb1dea809c60e8a925bb07477c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-internal-avro-12.0.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-internal-avro-12.0.4.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b086febb367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/azure-storage-internal-avro-12.0.4.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+39733586ba04415ce64b186e17e1f8d9e28f2972
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c548bb0e771..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
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-6ae6028aff033f194c9710ad87c224ccaadeed6c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e6b8be3e084
--- /dev/null
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+0a770cc4c0a1fb0bfd8a150a6a0004e42bc99fca
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d5a72cd27a..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-76e9152e93d4cf052f93a64596f633ba5b1c8ed9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e574b75a883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5f9d79e09ebf5d54a46e9f4543924cf7ae7654e0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index b079e3798154..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ffd80322264922e7edb6b35139ec1f2f55824156
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a95dfceeb80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-dataformat-xml-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dac1d21b5fe602d492273d35eb28918a91fc5412
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 33135389f24d..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-de00203e6fee3493c8978a0064a3dda2e8373545
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e01942eb4ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+00012e36d12f47b4648e2cfe0b12bdcc2c4649bf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ef26c940dbbe..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-68364602aed552c0dcfc5743b393bad95c85b009
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4283eed67474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f226bd0766b4e81493822e8c81eaa6cab27e589f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 14da1fbad92f..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8e819a81bca88d1e88137336f64531a53db0a4ad
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d472369d69bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+40028ce5ac7c43f1c9a1439f74637cad04013e23
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6353dc0b7ada..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-20218de83c906348283f548c255650fd06030424
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8bfbe331c55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d4d2fccea88c80e56d59ce1053c53df0f9f4f5db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-dns-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-dns-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d878e271dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-dns-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+91c445232b12e13bf6757579a39bab81e1233af5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 07651dd7f768..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4f30dbc462b26c588dffc0eb7552caef1a0f549e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0279e286e318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f8c9b159dcb76452dc98a370a5511ff993670419
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http2-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http2-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index d67715bbbe87..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http2-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ca35293757f80cd2460c80791757db261615dbe7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http2-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http2-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad44612f004a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-http2-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+294e90696d8d6e20c889511d2484b37158cb9caa
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-socks-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-socks-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index ef90665257b0..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-socks-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-df75527823f9fd13f6bd9d9098bd9eb786dcafb5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-socks-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-socks-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a7f98879830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-codec-socks-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+97707b764c9287836dcf626dd03c81f3bbfc86c6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c0aee66a991..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-common-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-927c8563a1662d869b145e70ce82ad89100f2c90
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54e103f1d8b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e1206b46384d4dcbecee2901f18ce65ecf02e8a4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index c6e2ae4fa045..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c73443adb9d085d5dc2d5b7f3bdd91d5963976f7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae180d9ae401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+879a43c2325b08e92e8967218b6ddb0ed4b7a0d3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-proxy-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-proxy-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 024a87fe382a..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-proxy-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6a2064cc62c7d18719742e1e101199c04c66356c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-proxy-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-proxy-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bede28397318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-handler-proxy-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d8cbdc537d75f219c04a057b984b2f0b55c1dbff
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 986895a8ecf3..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-eb81e1f0eaa99e75983bf3d28cae2b103e0f3a34
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb6858e75cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d07cd47c101dfa655d6d5cc304d523742fd78ca8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-dns-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-dns-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a14a2e73102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-resolver-dns-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f44dc8ed52ff8528a88c157879c9baffe464fa46
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 175b8c84a882..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.49.Final.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-415ea7f326635743aec952fe2349ca45959e94a7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c41cdc86c51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+09a8bbe1ba082c9434e6f524d3864a53f340f2df
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-native-unix-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-native-unix-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b47441ef5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/netty-transport-native-unix-common-4.1.63.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+85bd91382ec54b300ad3ff59efccbb4fccb22a88
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.3.10.RELEASE.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.3.10.RELEASE.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 181cb897756e..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.3.10.RELEASE.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f5787f994a9a810c0986418232e06fcf4afc1216
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.5.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.5.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..011a1f162a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-core-3.4.5.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c8adeb48f74b16c2dfb4f06a880820b9eaed50cf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-0.9.12.RELEASE.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-0.9.12.RELEASE.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 92f7fafc2737..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-0.9.12.RELEASE.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-41022546d07f1499fb9d8617bba4a1a89d3549db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-1.0.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-1.0.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d93a719037c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-1.0.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+82e9508698715725c3e1882d3056cd3a743d6bfc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-core-1.0.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-core-1.0.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcbf8c15fe60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-core-1.0.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c24e7e989913d50c2ed592892e55ce1284364ac4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.6.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.6.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f1cbbf2eb81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/reactor-netty-http-1.0.6.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6a76dd233bdb1e6dc5364ae1b5c8627c2cb0288f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/woodstox-core-6.0.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/woodstox-core-6.0.2.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d2fa5254ef5..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/woodstox-core-6.0.2.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bbd163bbdb4d6340298b61a6789cc174fb589868
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/woodstox-core-6.2.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/woodstox-core-6.2.4.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15f15488fca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/licenses/woodstox-core-6.2.4.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+16b9f8ab972e67eb21872ea2c40046249d543989
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureClientProvider.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureClientProvider.java
index 8143c30e5989..e40e97ef1cce 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureClientProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureClientProvider.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.resolver.DefaultAddressResolverGroup;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ class AzureClientProvider extends AbstractLifecycleComponent {
     private final EventLoopGroup eventLoopGroup;
     private final ConnectionProvider connectionProvider;
     private final ByteBufAllocator byteBufAllocator;
+    private final reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient nettyHttpClient;
     private final ClientLogger clientLogger = new ClientLogger(AzureClientProvider.class);
     private volatile boolean closed = false;
 
@@ -94,12 +96,14 @@ class AzureClientProvider extends AbstractLifecycleComponent {
                         String reactorExecutorName,
                         EventLoopGroup eventLoopGroup,
                         ConnectionProvider connectionProvider,
-                        ByteBufAllocator byteBufAllocator) {
+                        ByteBufAllocator byteBufAllocator,
+                        reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient nettyHttpClient) {
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.reactorExecutorName = reactorExecutorName;
         this.eventLoopGroup = eventLoopGroup;
         this.connectionProvider = connectionProvider;
         this.byteBufAllocator = byteBufAllocator;
+        this.nettyHttpClient = nettyHttpClient;
     }
 
     static int eventLoopThreadsFromSettings(Settings settings) {
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ static AzureClientProvider create(ThreadPool threadPool, Settings settings) {
         final TimeValue openConnectionTimeout = OPEN_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT.get(settings);
         final TimeValue maxIdleTime = MAX_IDLE_TIME.get(settings);
 
-        ConnectionProvider provider =
+        ConnectionProvider connectionProvider =
             ConnectionProvider.builder("azure-sdk-connection-pool")
                 .maxConnections(MAX_OPEN_CONNECTIONS.get(settings))
                 .pendingAcquireMaxCount(PENDING_CONNECTION_QUEUE_SIZE) // This determines the max outstanding queued requests
@@ -127,9 +131,22 @@ static AzureClientProvider create(ThreadPool threadPool, Settings settings) {
 
         ByteBufAllocator pooledByteBufAllocator = createByteBufAllocator();
 
+        reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient nettyHttpClient = reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient.create(connectionProvider)
+                .runOn(eventLoopGroup)
+                .option(ChannelOption.ALLOCATOR, pooledByteBufAllocator)
+                .resolver(DefaultAddressResolverGroup.INSTANCE)
+                .port(80)
+                .wiretap(false);
+
         // Just to verify that this executor exists
         threadPool.executor(REPOSITORY_THREAD_POOL_NAME);
-        return new AzureClientProvider(threadPool, REPOSITORY_THREAD_POOL_NAME, eventLoopGroup, provider, pooledByteBufAllocator);
+        return new AzureClientProvider(threadPool,
+            REPOSITORY_THREAD_POOL_NAME,
+            eventLoopGroup,
+            connectionProvider,
+            pooledByteBufAllocator,
+            nettyHttpClient
+        );
     }
 
     private static ByteBufAllocator createByteBufAllocator() {
@@ -160,17 +177,6 @@ AzureBlobServiceClient createClient(AzureStorageSettings settings,
             throw new IllegalStateException("AzureClientProvider is already closed");
         }
 
-        reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient nettyHttpClient = reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient.create(connectionProvider);
-        nettyHttpClient = nettyHttpClient
-            .port(80)
-            .wiretap(false);
-
-        nettyHttpClient = nettyHttpClient.tcpConfiguration(tcpClient -> {
-            tcpClient = tcpClient.runOn(eventLoopGroup);
-            tcpClient = tcpClient.option(ChannelOption.ALLOCATOR, byteBufAllocator);
-            return tcpClient;
-        });
-
         final HttpClient httpClient = new NettyAsyncHttpClientBuilder(nettyHttpClient)
             .disableBufferCopy(true)
             .proxy(proxyOptions)
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositoryPlugin.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositoryPlugin.java
index db281c6038ee..ddc9f391d092 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositoryPlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureRepositoryPlugin.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.watcher.ResourceWatcherService;
 
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -53,6 +55,17 @@ public class AzureRepositoryPlugin extends Plugin implements RepositoryPlugin, R
         // Trigger static initialization with the plugin class loader
         // so we have access to the proper xml parser
         JacksonAdapter.createDefaultSerializerAdapter();
+
+        // Even though we don't use it, we need to force static init
+        // of the default resolver which reads /etc/hosts so it doesn't init later
+        AccessController.doPrivileged((PrivilegedAction<Void>) () -> {
+            try {
+                Class.forName("io.netty.resolver.HostsFileEntriesResolver");
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+            return null;
+        });
     }
 
     // protected for testing
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy
index 8bc2c35fd170..ced54e7bb17e 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/plugin-metadata/plugin-security.policy
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ grant {
   // Used by jackson bean deserialization
   permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessDeclaredMembers";
   permission java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission "suppressAccessChecks";
+  // needed by netty dns resolver
+  permission java.io.FilePermission "/etc/hosts", "read";
+  permission java.io.FilePermission "/etc/resolv.conf", "read";
+  permission java.io.FilePermission "/etc/resolver", "read";
+  permission java.io.FilePermission "/etc/resolver/-", "read";
 };
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c548bb0e771..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6ae6028aff033f194c9710ad87c224ccaadeed6c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e6b8be3e084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-annotations-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0a770cc4c0a1fb0bfd8a150a6a0004e42bc99fca
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 27d5a72cd27a..000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-76e9152e93d4cf052f93a64596f633ba5b1c8ed9
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e574b75a883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jackson-databind-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5f9d79e09ebf5d54a46e9f4543924cf7ae7654e0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f83a4ac442b3..000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8796585e716440d6dd5128b30359932a9eb74d0d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..953c420544bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8df50138521d05561a308ec2799cc8dda20c06df
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index d34470c70b91..000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c854bb2d46138198cb5d4aae86ef6c04b8bc1e70
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a1d23830b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/jdbc/licenses/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+71866a16d9678d8d7718baea0a28c7d0e1a67360
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f83a4ac442b3..000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8796585e716440d6dd5128b30359932a9eb74d0d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..953c420544bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-action/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8df50138521d05561a308ec2799cc8dda20c06df
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f83a4ac442b3..000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8796585e716440d6dd5128b30359932a9eb74d0d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..953c420544bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8df50138521d05561a308ec2799cc8dda20c06df
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-proto/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-proto/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f83a4ac442b3..000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-proto/licenses/jackson-core-2.10.4.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8796585e716440d6dd5128b30359932a9eb74d0d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-proto/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1 b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-proto/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..953c420544bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-proto/licenses/jackson-core-2.12.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8df50138521d05561a308ec2799cc8dda20c06df
\ No newline at end of file