diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index edc46be8..cd3bf16a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx.version>4.2.3</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.3.8</vertx.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.72.Final</netty.version>
         <clojure.version>1.10.3</clojure.version>
         <clojure.spec.version>0.3.218</clojure.spec.version>