diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ff92fea..87275a33 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 0.28.0
 
-* Dependency updates (Kafka 3.6.1, Kubernetes configuration provider 1.1.2, Vert.x 4.5.2, Netty 4.1.106.Final, Jackson FasterXML 2.16.1, Micrometer 1.12.2)
+* Dependency updates (Kafka 3.6.1, Kubernetes configuration provider 1.1.2, Vert.x 4.5.3, Netty 4.1.106.Final, Jackson FasterXML 2.16.1, Micrometer 1.12.2)
 * Fixed missing messaging semantic attributes to the Kafka consumer spans
 
 ## 0.27.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c15d8498..ba9bad7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 		<log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
-		<vertx.version>4.5.2</vertx.version>
-		<vertx-testing.version>4.5.2</vertx-testing.version>
+		<vertx.version>4.5.3</vertx.version>
+		<vertx-testing.version>4.5.3</vertx-testing.version>
 		<netty.version>4.1.106.Final</netty.version>
 		<kafka.version>3.6.1</kafka.version>
 		<kafka-kubernetes-config-provider.version>1.1.2</kafka-kubernetes-config-provider.version>