diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 449fd1a56f..215ef95ce9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ Hibernate Reactive has been tested with:
 - MS SQL Server 2019
 - Oracle 21.3
 - [Hibernate ORM][] 6.2.11.Final
-- [Vert.x Reactive PostgreSQL Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-pg-client/java/) 4.4.5
-- [Vert.x Reactive MySQL Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-mysql-client/java/) 4.4.5
-- [Vert.x Reactive Db2 Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-db2-client/java/) 4.4.5
-- [Vert.x Reactive MS SQL Server Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-mssql-client/java/) 4.4.5
-- [Vert.x Reactive Oracle Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-oracle-client/java/) 4.4.5
+- [Vert.x Reactive PostgreSQL Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-pg-client/java/) 4.5.0
+- [Vert.x Reactive MySQL Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-mysql-client/java/) 4.5.0
+- [Vert.x Reactive Db2 Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-db2-client/java/) 4.5.0
+- [Vert.x Reactive MS SQL Server Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-mssql-client/java/) 4.5.0
+- [Vert.x Reactive Oracle Client](https://vertx.io/docs/vertx-oracle-client/java/) 4.5.0
 - [Quarkus][Quarkus] via the Hibernate Reactive extension
 
 [PostgreSQL]: https://www.postgresql.org
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9c5e93f93b..ea479975d2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ext {
     // Example:
     // ./gradlew build -PvertxSqlClientVersion=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
     if ( !project.hasProperty( 'vertxSqlClientVersion' ) ) {
-        vertxSqlClientVersion = '4.4.5'
+        vertxSqlClientVersion = '4.5.0'
     }
 
     testcontainersVersion = '1.18.3'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6d3d1f1196..b0d63e2b42 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=false
 #skipOrmVersionParsing = true
 
 # Override default Vert.x Sql client version
-#vertxSqlClientVersion = 4.4.5-SNAPSHOT
+#vertxSqlClientVersion = 4.5.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 # Override default Vert.x Web client and server versions. For integration tests, both default to vertxSqlClientVersion
-#vertxWebVersion = 4.4.5
-#vertxWebtClientVersion = 4.4.5
+#vertxWebVersion = 4.5.0
+#vertxWebtClientVersion = 4.5.0
 
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/CockroachDBReactiveTest.java.qute b/tooling/jbang/CockroachDBReactiveTest.java.qute
index a80e52b5fa..063fbf5544 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/CockroachDBReactiveTest.java.qute
+++ b/tooling/jbang/CockroachDBReactiveTest.java.qute
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright: Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
  */
 
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core:$\{hibernate-reactive.version:2.0.6.Final}
 //DEPS org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2
 //DEPS junit:junit:4.13.2
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/Db2ReactiveTest.java.qute b/tooling/jbang/Db2ReactiveTest.java.qute
index 7c2eecaffe..648537e594 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/Db2ReactiveTest.java.qute
+++ b/tooling/jbang/Db2ReactiveTest.java.qute
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright: Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
  */
 
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-db2-client:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-db2-client:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core:$\{hibernate-reactive.version:2.0.6.Final}
 //DEPS org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2
 //DEPS junit:junit:4.13.2
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/Example.java b/tooling/jbang/Example.java
index 7288185df4..745d23a263 100644
--- a/tooling/jbang/Example.java
+++ b/tooling/jbang/Example.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 //DEPS com.ongres.scram:client:2.1
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:${vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:${vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-db2-client:${vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:${vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:${vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-db2-client:${vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core:${hibernate-reactive.version:2.0.6.Final}
 //DEPS org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7
 //DESCRIPTION Allow authentication to PostgreSQL using SCRAM:
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute b/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute
index 2b6982508b..38077a73bf 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute
+++ b/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright: Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
  */
 
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core:$\{hibernate-reactive.version:2.0.6.Final}
 //DEPS org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2
 //DEPS junit:junit:4.13.2
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/MySQLReactiveTest.java.qute b/tooling/jbang/MySQLReactiveTest.java.qute
index 8030d835c4..0af49a7d9c 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/MySQLReactiveTest.java.qute
+++ b/tooling/jbang/MySQLReactiveTest.java.qute
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright: Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
  */
 
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core:$\{hibernate-reactive.version:2.0.6.Final}
 //DEPS org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2
 //DEPS junit:junit:4.13.2
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/PostgreSQLReactiveTest.java.qute b/tooling/jbang/PostgreSQLReactiveTest.java.qute
index 6d242f1966..64c6b5df0a 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/PostgreSQLReactiveTest.java.qute
+++ b/tooling/jbang/PostgreSQLReactiveTest.java.qute
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright: Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
  */
 
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:$\{vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core:$\{hibernate-reactive.version:2.0.6.Final}
 //DEPS org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2
 //DEPS junit:junit:4.13.2
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java b/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java
index 4ec1518f23..e74d14cce0 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java
+++ b/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  */
 
 ///usr/bin/env jbang "$0" "$@" ; exit $?
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:${vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:${vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS com.ongres.scram:client:2.1
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-db2-client:${vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:${vertx.version:4.4.5}
-//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:${vertx.version:4.4.5}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-db2-client:${vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-mysql-client:${vertx.version:4.5.0}
+//DEPS io.vertx:vertx-unit:${vertx.version:4.5.0}
 //DEPS org.hibernate.reactive:hibernate-reactive-core:${hibernate-reactive.version:2.0.6.Final}
 //DEPS org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2
 //DEPS junit:junit:4.13.2