diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ded7ad2..043c083 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
             <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>