diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc5b27c..1d1fb66 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
           <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-          <version>4.5.4</version>
+          <version>4.5.24</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>