diff --git a/vertx/pom.xml b/vertx/pom.xml
index c566681073ae..828a2b22331b 100644
--- a/vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                                     </manifestEntries>
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
-                            <artifactSet />
+                            <artifactSet/>
                             <outputFile>${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-app.jar</outputFile>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <vertx.version>3.8.1</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.23</vertx.version>
         <maven-shade-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-shade-plugin.version>
     </properties>