diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27649a864..546cb3bd3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
                 <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>4.5.24</version>
                 <scope>compile</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>