diff --git a/recommendation/java/vertx/pom.xml b/recommendation/java/vertx/pom.xml
index 3473e898..bb06eefd 100644
--- a/recommendation/java/vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/recommendation/java/vertx/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>42.4.3</version>
+            <version>42.7.2</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>