diff --git a/bom/runtime/pom.xml b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
index 0e151d86e6fe5..efc5efcc88351 100644
--- a/bom/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <wildfly-elytron.version>1.11.2.Final</wildfly-elytron.version>
         <jboss-modules.version>1.8.7.Final</jboss-modules.version>
         <jboss-threads.version>3.0.1.Final</jboss-threads.version>
-        <vertx.version>3.8.5</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>3.9.4</vertx.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.12</httpclient.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.13</httpcore.version>
         <httpasync.version>4.1.4</httpasync.version>