diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1341f216f6e43..d5fe2d577c0c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-    <test.additional.args></test.additional.args>
+    <test.additional.args/>
     <testReuseFork>true</testReuseFork>
     <testForkCount>4</testForkCount>
     <testRealAWS>false</testRealAWS>
     <testRetryCount>1</testRetryCount>
-    <testJacocoAgentArgument></testJacocoAgentArgument>
+    <testJacocoAgentArgument/>
     <docker.organization>apachepulsar</docker.organization>
     <skipSourceReleaseAssembly>false</skipSourceReleaseAssembly>
     <skipBuildDistribution>false</skipBuildDistribution>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <jersey.version>2.34</jersey.version>
     <athenz.version>1.10.50</athenz.version>
     <prometheus.version>0.5.0</prometheus.version>
-    <vertx.version>3.9.8</vertx.version>
+    <vertx.version>4.5.22</vertx.version>
     <rocksdb.version>6.29.4.1</rocksdb.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
     <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>