diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 967a3902ee2..9fb629faa30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 
 #### _**Note**_: Breaking changes
 
+### 7.0.1 (TBD)
+
+#### Bugs
+
+* Fix #6709: VertxHttpClientFactory reuses the same Vertx instance for each VertxHttpClient instance
 
 ### 7.0.0 (2024-12-03)
 
diff --git a/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientFactory.java b/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientFactory.java
index c0e70a0e56f..d9ef2cd0fca 100644
--- a/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientFactory.java
+++ b/httpclient-vertx/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/vertx/VertxHttpClientFactory.java
@@ -25,10 +25,23 @@
 
 public class VertxHttpClientFactory implements io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.http.HttpClient.Factory {
 
+  private static final class VertxHolder {
+    private static final Vertx INSTANCE = createVertxInstance();
+  }
+
   private final Vertx vertx;
 
   public VertxHttpClientFactory() {
-    this.vertx = createVertxInstance();
+    this(VertxHolder.INSTANCE);
+    Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
+      if (vertx != null) {
+        vertx.close();
+      }
+    }));
+  }
+
+  public VertxHttpClientFactory(Vertx vertx) {
+    this.vertx = vertx;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -46,7 +59,8 @@ private static synchronized Vertx createVertxInstance() {
     try {
       System.setProperty(DISABLE_DNS_RESOLVER_PROP_NAME, "true");
       vertx = Vertx.vertx(new VertxOptions()
-          .setFileSystemOptions(new FileSystemOptions().setFileCachingEnabled(false).setClassPathResolvingEnabled(false)));
+          .setFileSystemOptions(new FileSystemOptions().setFileCachingEnabled(false).setClassPathResolvingEnabled(false))
+          .setUseDaemonThread(true));
     } finally {
       // Restore the original value
       if (originalValue == null) {