diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx/pom.xml b/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx/pom.xml
index bb041a21bbc1..0e881ec7abac 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/vertx/pom.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx-version>3.5.2</vertx-version>
+        <vertx-version>4.5.11</vertx-version>
         <jackson-version>2.17.1</jackson-version>
         <jackson-databind>2.17.1</jackson-databind>
         <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable-version>