diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4422758..f17bc5e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 group = org.xbib
 name = netty-http
-version = 4.1.90.0
+version = 4.1.91.0
 
 org.gradle.warning.mode = ALL
diff --git a/netty-http-client-api/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/api/Request.java b/netty-http-client-api/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/api/Request.java
index c5437fc..38bb1d2 100644
--- a/netty-http-client-api/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/api/Request.java
+++ b/netty-http-client-api/src/main/java/org/xbib/netty/http/client/api/Request.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.xbib.netty.http.client.api;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
 import io.netty.buffer.PooledByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpHeaders;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
@@ -588,22 +587,12 @@ public final class Request {
         }
 
         public Builder text(String text) {
-            ByteBuf byteBuf = ByteBufUtil.writeUtf8(allocator, text);
-            try {
-                content(byteBuf, HttpHeaderValues.TEXT_PLAIN);
-            } finally {
-                byteBuf.release();
-            }
+            content(text, HttpHeaderValues.TEXT_PLAIN);
             return this;
         }
 
         public Builder json(String json) {
-            ByteBuf byteBuf = ByteBufUtil.writeUtf8(allocator, json);
-            try {
-                content(byteBuf, HttpHeaderValues.APPLICATION_JSON);
-            } finally {
-                byteBuf.release();
-            }
+            content(json, HttpHeaderValues.APPLICATION_JSON);
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -612,11 +601,6 @@ public final class Request {
             return this;
         }
 
-        public Builder content(ByteBuf byteBuf) {
-            this.content = byteBuf;
-            return this;
-        }
-
         public Builder content(CharSequence charSequence, CharSequence contentType) {
             content(charSequence.toString().getBytes(HttpUtil.getCharset(contentType, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)),
                     AsciiString.of(contentType));
@@ -638,6 +622,11 @@ public final class Request {
             return this;
         }
 
+        public Builder content(ByteBuf byteBuf) {
+            this.content = byteBuf;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public Builder setResponseListener(ResponseListener<HttpResponse> responseListener) {
             this.responseListener = responseListener;
             return this;
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index e611dc8..0f96040 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             version('groovy', '4.0.11')
             version('spock', '2.4-M1-groovy-4.0')
             version('junit', '5.9.2')
-            version('netty', '4.1.90.Final')
+            version('netty', '4.1.91.Final')
             version('netty-tcnative', '2.0.59.Final')
             library('groovy-core', 'org.codehaus.groovy', 'groovy').versionRef('groovy')
             library('spock-core', 'org.spockframework', 'spock-core').versionRef('spock')
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library('jackson', 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', 'jackson-databind').version('2.12.7')
             library('javassist', 'org.javassist', 'javassist').version('3.29.1-GA')
             library('guice', 'org.xbib', 'guice').version('5.0.1.0')
-            library('net', 'org.xbib', 'net').version('3.1.0')
-            library('net-path', 'org.xbib', 'net-path').version('3.1.0')
+            library('net', 'org.xbib', 'net').version('3.2.0')
+            library('net-path', 'org.xbib', 'net-path').version('3.2.0')
         }
     }
 }