diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2c7e6ba3b..e0a67583f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 
       <!-- used on tests -->
       <groovy.version>4.0.0</groovy.version>
-      <vertx.version>3.9.4</vertx.version>
+      <vertx.version>4.3.3</vertx.version>
       <hadoop.minikdc.version>3.3.1</hadoop.minikdc.version>
 
       <owasp.version>6.1.0</owasp.version>