diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/ConnectionManager.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/ConnectionManager.java
index aacde7c3a..c5408fc60 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/ConnectionManager.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/ConnectionManager.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.asynchttpclient.AsyncHttpClient;
 import org.asynchttpclient.RequestBuilder;
 import org.asynchttpclient.filter.FilterContext;
 import org.asynchttpclient.filter.FilterContext.FilterContextBuilder;
-import org.asynchttpclient.filter.FilterException;
 import org.asynchttpclient.filter.RequestFilter;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
    */
   public void bind(final InetSocketAddress address) {
     final ServerBootstrap bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap()
-        .channel(this.transportType.serverSocketChannelClass)
+        .channelFactory(this.transportType.serverSocketChannelFactory)
         .group(this.bossGroup, this.workerGroup)
         .childOption(ChannelOption.WRITE_BUFFER_WATER_MARK, SERVER_WRITE_MARK)
         .childHandler(this.serverChannelInitializer.get())
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
   public void queryBind(final String hostname, final int port) {
     InetSocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress(hostname, port);
     final Bootstrap bootstrap = new Bootstrap()
-        .channel(this.transportType.datagramChannelClass)
+        .channelFactory(this.transportType.datagramChannelFactory)
         .group(this.workerGroup)
         .handler(new GS4QueryHandler(this.server))
         .localAddress(address);
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ public final class ConnectionManager {
    */
   public Bootstrap createWorker(@Nullable EventLoopGroup group) {
     Bootstrap bootstrap = new Bootstrap()
-        .channel(this.transportType.socketChannelClass)
+        .channelFactory(this.transportType.socketChannelFactory)
         .option(ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY, true)
         .option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS,
             this.server.getConfiguration().getConnectTimeout())
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/TransportType.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/TransportType.java
index b5829f375..d241267b9 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/TransportType.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/network/TransportType.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.velocitypowered.proxy.network;
 
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.concurrent.VelocityNettyThreadFactory;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFactory;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.Epoll;
 import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollDatagramChannel;
@@ -18,27 +19,30 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 
 enum TransportType {
-  NIO("NIO", NioServerSocketChannel.class, NioSocketChannel.class, NioDatagramChannel.class,
+  NIO("NIO", NioServerSocketChannel::new,
+      NioSocketChannel::new,
+      NioDatagramChannel::new,
       (name, type) -> new NioEventLoopGroup(0, createThreadFactory(name, type))),
-  EPOLL("epoll", EpollServerSocketChannel.class, EpollSocketChannel.class,
-      EpollDatagramChannel.class,
+  EPOLL("epoll", EpollServerSocketChannel::new,
+      EpollSocketChannel::new,
+      EpollDatagramChannel::new,
       (name, type) -> new EpollEventLoopGroup(0, createThreadFactory(name, type)));
 
   final String name;
-  final Class<? extends ServerSocketChannel> serverSocketChannelClass;
-  final Class<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelClass;
-  final Class<? extends DatagramChannel> datagramChannelClass;
+  final ChannelFactory<? extends ServerSocketChannel> serverSocketChannelFactory;
+  final ChannelFactory<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelFactory;
+  final ChannelFactory<? extends DatagramChannel> datagramChannelFactory;
   final BiFunction<String, Type, EventLoopGroup> eventLoopGroupFactory;
 
   TransportType(final String name,
-      final Class<? extends ServerSocketChannel> serverSocketChannelClass,
-      final Class<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelClass,
-      final Class<? extends DatagramChannel> datagramChannelClass,
+      final ChannelFactory<? extends ServerSocketChannel> serverSocketChannelFactory,
+      final ChannelFactory<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelFactory,
+      final ChannelFactory<? extends DatagramChannel> datagramChannelFactory,
       final BiFunction<String, Type, EventLoopGroup> eventLoopGroupFactory) {
     this.name = name;
-    this.serverSocketChannelClass = serverSocketChannelClass;
-    this.socketChannelClass = socketChannelClass;
-    this.datagramChannelClass = datagramChannelClass;
+    this.serverSocketChannelFactory = serverSocketChannelFactory;
+    this.socketChannelFactory = socketChannelFactory;
+    this.datagramChannelFactory = datagramChannelFactory;
     this.eventLoopGroupFactory = eventLoopGroupFactory;
   }