diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core-http-vertx/pom.xml b/sdk/core/azure-core-http-vertx/pom.xml
index 0fa8817a44c5..335725aa063b 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core-http-vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core-http-vertx/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
       <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5.13</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.vertx:vertx-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>4.5.27</version> <!-- {x-version-update;io.vertx:vertx-core;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- test dependencies on azure-core, because we want to run tests inherited from this module using Vert.x Web Client -->