diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 62699ca..3a27818 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
 			<artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-			<version>3.4.1</version>
+			<version>3.5.4</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.vertx</groupId>