diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b07c0096..1c9e2937 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     // Framework dependencies
-    def vertx_version = '5.0.7'
+    def vertx_version = '5.1.2'
     implementation group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-core', version: vertx_version
     implementation group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-launcher-legacy-cli', version: vertx_version
     implementation group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-web', version: vertx_version