diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 91f4971..38dafce 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 group = org.xbib
 name = netty-http
-version = 4.1.54.1
+version = 4.1.54.2
 
 gradle.wrapper.version = 6.6.1
 netty.version = 4.1.54.Final
diff --git a/netty-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/server/protocol/http1/HttpPipeliningHandler.java b/netty-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/server/protocol/http1/HttpPipeliningHandler.java
index 6f40ec2..67da599 100644
--- a/netty-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/server/protocol/http1/HttpPipeliningHandler.java
+++ b/netty-http-server/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/server/protocol/http1/HttpPipeliningHandler.java
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ public class HttpPipeliningHandler extends ChannelDuplexHandler {
 
     @Override
     public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Throwable cause) {
-        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, cause.getMessage(), cause);
+        String message = cause.getMessage() == null ? "null" : cause.getMessage();
+        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, message, cause);
         ctx.writeAndFlush(new DefaultFullHttpResponse(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1,
                 HttpResponseStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
-                Unpooled.copiedBuffer(cause.getMessage().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
+                Unpooled.copiedBuffer(message.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))));
     }
 }