diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a8ae5df..29504962 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <kafka.version>2.3.0</kafka.version>
-    <vertx.version>4.0.0-milestone5</vertx.version>
+    <vertx.version>4.0.0.Beta1</vertx.version>
     <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
     <jackson-databind.version>2.10.2</jackson-databind.version>
     <junit.version>5.6.2</junit.version>