diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7bb80e4..5f62674 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
             <artifactId>vertx-web-client</artifactId>
-            <version>4.5.8</version>
+            <version>4.5.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>