diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c325ef5e5..b707337df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <groovy.version>3.0.15</groovy.version>
-        <vertx.io.version>3.9.4</vertx.io.version>
+        <vertx.io.version>4.5.22</vertx.io.version>
         <commonmark.version>0.23.0</commonmark.version>
         <antlr.version>4.5</antlr.version>
         <jackson.version>2.19.1</jackson.version>