diff --git a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/benchmark_config.json b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/benchmark_config.json
index 53b494b19e7..2c335e339c3 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/benchmark_config.json
+++ b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/benchmark_config.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         "display_name": "Quarkus, Vert.x",
         "notes": "",
         "versus": "Vert.x",
-        "tags": ["broken"]
+        "tags": []
       },
       "reactive-routes-pgclient": {
         "json_url": "/json",
diff --git a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/pom.xml b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/pom.xml
index 1414a21df4a..a5c6cdbcdde 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
             <artifactId>vertx-pg-client</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.ongres.scram</groupId>
+            <artifactId>client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-vertx</artifactId>
diff --git a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgClientFactory.java b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgClientFactory.java
index 4289a644669..edfa939935d 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgClientFactory.java
+++ b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgClientFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.benchmark.repository;
 
+import io.quarkus.logging.Log;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.pgclient.PgConnectOptions;
 import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ PgConnectionPool connectionPool() {
         try {
             pgConnectionPool = new PgConnectionPool(vertx, pgConnectOptions());
         } catch (final Exception e) {
-            // TODO LOG ME: usually means inability to connect to the database
+            Log.error("Failed to create pgConnectionPool", e);
         } finally {
             this.pgConnectionPool = pgConnectionPool;
             return pgConnectionPool;
diff --git a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgConnectionPool.java b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgConnectionPool.java
index 0a04a9fde25..e8bf4b32451 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgConnectionPool.java
+++ b/frameworks/Java/quarkus/vertx/src/main/java/io/quarkus/benchmark/repository/PgConnectionPool.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public PgConnectionPool(final Vertx vertx, final PgConnectOptions options) {
             final AsyncResult<PgClientConnection> ar = completedConnections.get(i);
             if (ar == null || ar.failed()) {
                 forceCloseEstablishedConnections(completedConnections);
-                throw new IllegalStateException("cannot establish all connections");
+                throw new IllegalStateException("cannot establish all connections", ar != null ? ar.cause() : null);
             } else {
                 pgConnections.set(i, ar.result());
             }