diff --git a/apps/greeter/java/springboot/pom.xml b/apps/greeter/java/springboot/pom.xml
index 6b9ecc4e..669f2c99 100644
--- a/apps/greeter/java/springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/greeter/java/springboot/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
       <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.2</version>
+      <version>4.5.24</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>