diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14bcbc92ec..f9f4a51981 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   <org.apache.commons.io.version>2.13.0</org.apache.commons.io.version>
   <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.14</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
   <io.fabric8.client.version>6.7.2</io.fabric8.client.version>
-  <io.vertx.web.version>4.4.4</io.vertx.web.version>
+  <io.vertx.web.version>4.4.5</io.vertx.web.version>
   <!-- https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/vertx/vertx-dependencies/${io.vertx.web.version}/vertx-dependencies-${io.vertx.web.version}.pom -->
   <!-- https://groups.google.com/g/vertx/c/uzzcgw-YuOg -->
   <io.netty.netty-transport-native-epoll.version>4.1.94.Final</io.netty.netty-transport-native-epoll.version><!-- FIXME this should be tied to the vertx version -->