diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index a8a9e31067348..d5b165e71e39a 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <wildfly-elytron.version>1.15.3.Final</wildfly-elytron.version>
         <jboss-modules.version>1.8.7.Final</jboss-modules.version>
         <jboss-threads.version>3.2.0.Final</jboss-threads.version>
-        <vertx.version>3.9.5</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>3.9.6</vertx.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpclient.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.14</httpcore.version>
         <httpasync.version>4.1.4</httpasync.version>
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
index 463e21a5c292b..e920dc81ee0a0 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <jakarta.json.version>1.1.6</jakarta.json.version>
         <mutiny.version>0.14.0</mutiny.version>
         <smallrye-common-annotation.version>1.5.0</smallrye-common-annotation.version>
-        <vertx.version>3.9.5</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>3.9.6</vertx.version>
         <rest-assured.version>4.3.3</rest-assured.version>
         <commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>1.0.0.Final</commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>
         <jboss-jaxb-api_2.3_spec.version>2.0.0.Final</jboss-jaxb-api_2.3_spec.version>