diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b73c4d25..0c94c36f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <jline.version>4.1.3</jline.version>
 
         <!-- Test dependency versions -->
-        <vertx-core.version>5.0.0</vertx-core.version>
+        <vertx-core.version>5.1.1</vertx-core.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.27.7</assertj-core.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <maven-verifier.version>1.8.0</maven-verifier.version>
diff --git a/src/it/package-archive-multi-release-it/invoker.properties b/src/it/package-archive-multi-release-it/invoker.properties
index 5ea0fa84..dc539016 100644
--- a/src/it/package-archive-multi-release-it/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/package-archive-multi-release-it/invoker.properties
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 #   implied.  See the License for the specific language governing
 #   permissions and limitations under the License.
 #
+invoker.java.version = 17+, !25+
 #invoker.mavenOpts=-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=*:5005
 #invoker.debug=false
diff --git a/src/it/run-args-custom-launcher-it/pom.xml b/src/it/run-args-custom-launcher-it/pom.xml
index 2769fc01..f97c34a1 100644
--- a/src/it/run-args-custom-launcher-it/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/run-args-custom-launcher-it/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx.version>4.5.15</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.28</vertx.version>
     </properties>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/src/it/run-cluster-defaults-it/invoker.properties b/src/it/run-cluster-defaults-it/invoker.properties
index 3ace74e1..4d7c9e36 100644
--- a/src/it/run-cluster-defaults-it/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/run-cluster-defaults-it/invoker.properties
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 #   permissions and limitations under the License.
 #
 #invoker.mavenOpts=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=9001
-invoker.java.version = 25-
+invoker.java.version = 17+, !25+
 invoker.debug=false
diff --git a/src/it/run-ha-defaults-it/pom.xml b/src/it/run-ha-defaults-it/pom.xml
index 1e74ed32..9c17fe91 100644
--- a/src/it/run-ha-defaults-it/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/run-ha-defaults-it/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx.version>4.5.15</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.28</vertx.version>
         <vertx.verticle>org.vertx.demo.SimpleVerticle</vertx.verticle>
     </properties>
     <build>
diff --git a/src/it/run-ha-group-it/pom.xml b/src/it/run-ha-group-it/pom.xml
index 79b5ac96..9b7481ae 100644
--- a/src/it/run-ha-group-it/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/run-ha-group-it/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx.version>4.5.15</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.28</vertx.version>
         <vertx.verticle>demo.SimpleVerticle</vertx.verticle>
     </properties>
     <build>
diff --git a/src/it/run-ha-quorum-it/pom.xml b/src/it/run-ha-quorum-it/pom.xml
index 23415c1a..6f67ba74 100644
--- a/src/it/run-ha-quorum-it/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/run-ha-quorum-it/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx.version>4.5.15</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.28</vertx.version>
         <vertx.verticle>demo.SimpleVerticle</vertx.verticle>
     </properties>
     <build>
diff --git a/src/it/run-worker-instances-vertx4-it/pom.xml b/src/it/run-worker-instances-vertx4-it/pom.xml
index d6b51cdc..ca2ffd02 100644
--- a/src/it/run-worker-instances-vertx4-it/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/run-worker-instances-vertx4-it/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx.version>4.5.15</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.28</vertx.version>
         <vertx.verticle>org.vertx.demo.SimpleVerticle</vertx.verticle>
     </properties>
     <build>
diff --git a/src/it/setup-with-vertx4-it/invoker.properties b/src/it/setup-with-vertx4-it/invoker.properties
index b713e425..c5c747bd 100644
--- a/src/it/setup-with-vertx4-it/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/setup-with-vertx4-it/invoker.properties
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 #
 #invoker.mavenOpts=-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=9001
 #invoker.debug=true
-invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:setup -DvertxVersion=4.5.15
+invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:setup -DvertxVersion=4.5.28
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/SetupMojoTest.java b/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/SetupMojoTest.java
index b38d5852..55d3dafa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/SetupMojoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/SetupMojoTest.java
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ public void testVerticleCreation() throws MojoExecutionException {
         Log log = mock(Log.class);
         when(mock.getBasedir()).thenReturn(baseDir);
 
-        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "4.5.8", "me.demo.Foo.java", log);
-        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "4.5.8", "me.demo.Bar", log);
-        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "5.0.0", "Baz.java", log);
-        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "5.0.0", "Bob", log);
+        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "4.5.28", "me.demo.Foo.java", log);
+        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "4.5.28", "me.demo.Bar", log);
+        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "5.1.1", "Baz.java", log);
+        SetupTemplateUtils.createVerticle(mock, "5.1.1", "Bob", log);
 
         assertThat(new File(baseDir, "src/main/java/me/demo/Foo.java"))
             .isFile()
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/Verify.java b/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/Verify.java
index cb089f0a..75df8e27 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/Verify.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/reactiverse/vertx/maven/plugin/Verify.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public static void verifySetupWithVertx4(File pomFile) throws Exception {
         //Check if the properties have been set correctly
         Properties properties = model.getProperties();
         assertThat(properties.containsKey("vertx.version")).isTrue();
-        assertEquals("4.5.15", properties.getProperty("vertx.version"));
+        assertEquals("4.5.28", properties.getProperty("vertx.version"));
 
         assertThat(properties.containsKey("vertx-maven-plugin.version")).isTrue();
         assertThat(properties.getProperty("vertx-maven-plugin.version")).isEqualTo(MojoUtils.getVersion("vertx-maven-plugin-version"));
diff --git a/src/test/resources/projects/run-vertx-snapshot-it/pom.xml b/src/test/resources/projects/run-vertx-snapshot-it/pom.xml
index 0f4d9b26..512ac362 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/projects/run-vertx-snapshot-it/pom.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/projects/run-vertx-snapshot-it/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <vertx.version>5.1.0-SNAPSHOT</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>5.2.0-SNAPSHOT</vertx.version>
     </properties>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-classifier-jar.xml b/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-classifier-jar.xml
index e4ba4ee9..ce47d923 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-classifier-jar.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-classifier-jar.xml
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
             <groupId>com.example</groupId>
             <artifactId>example</artifactId>
             <classifier>vertx</classifier>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
+            <version>5.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
             <artifactId>vertx-unit</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
+            <version>5.1.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-jar.xml b/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-jar.xml
index 0f9d4815..caf2476c 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-jar.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/unit/jar-packaging/pom-extramf-jar.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
             <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
+            <version>5.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
             <artifactId>vertx-unit</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
+            <version>5.1.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>