diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 64aa07e..09163bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
     <properties>
-        <vertx.version>3.9.4</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.22</vertx.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <argLine></argLine>
     </properties>