diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42d107c..572f355 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     </developers>
 
     <properties>
-        <vertx.version>4.4.5</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.4.8</vertx.version>
         <hazelcast.version>5.3.1</hazelcast.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.4</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.3.12</logback.version>