diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
index 7dccbac874bd9..bf67c6b2b7d26 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <mutiny.version>2.3.1</mutiny.version>
         <smallrye-common.version>2.1.0</smallrye-common.version>
-        <vertx.version>4.4.1</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.4.4</vertx.version>
         <rest-assured.version>5.3.0</rest-assured.version>
         <commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>1.0.0.Final</commons-logging-jboss-logging.version>
         <jackson-bom.version>2.15.2</jackson-bom.version>