diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9bd1e5..0927a24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <vertx.version>5.1.7</vertx.version>
+    <vertx.version>5.1.8</vertx.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>