diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d10c6c12b..31d60742df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   <org.apache.commons.io.version>2.11.0</org.apache.commons.io.version>
   <org.apache.httpcomponents.version>4.5.14</org.apache.httpcomponents.version>
   <io.fabric8.client.version>6.3.1</io.fabric8.client.version>
-  <io.vertx.web.version>4.3.7</io.vertx.web.version>
+  <io.vertx.web.version>4.4.4</io.vertx.web.version>
   <!--
     FIXME this needs to be synced with the vertx version - is there a BOM to use or something?
     https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/blob/${io.vertx.web.version}/vertx-web-graphql/pom.xml#L35
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
     <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
     <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
     <classifier>linux-x86_64</classifier>
-    <version>4.1.86.Final</version><!-- FIXME this should be tied to the vertx version -->
+    <version>4.1.94.Final</version><!-- FIXME this should be tied to the vertx version -->
     <!-- https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/vertx/vertx-dependencies/${io.vertx.web.version}/vertx-dependencies-${io.vertx.web.version}.pom -->
     <!-- https://groups.google.com/g/vertx/c/uzzcgw-YuOg -->
   </dependency>