diff --git a/parallel-consumer-vertx/pom.xml b/parallel-consumer-vertx/pom.xml
index f6f90545f..c29f938b8 100644
--- a/parallel-consumer-vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/parallel-consumer-vertx/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <properties>
-        <vertx.version>4.5.7</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>5.0.5</vertx.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>