diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71d4a1f..ca7b910 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <vertx.version>4.2.2</vertx.version>
+    <vertx.version>4.3.8</vertx.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>