diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c143bea324..56e9878054 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <vertx.version>4.5.2</vertx.version>
+    <vertx.version>4.5.3</vertx.version>
     <rxjava.version>2.2.21</rxjava.version>
     <cloudevent.version>1.1.0</cloudevent.version>
     <weld.version>5.1.2.Final</weld.version>