diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a9ea9beb..0a4cd3517 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 ## Next Version
 
 ### Bugs fixed
-- Update postgresql to fix CVE-2024-1597
+- Update Vert.x to 4.4.9 to fix CVE-2024-1023
+- Update Postgresql JDBC driver to fix CVE-2024-1597
 - Fix cached gvr to be thread-safe during first boot. [#978](https://github.com/Consensys/web3signer/issues/978)
 
 ## 24.2.0
diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle b/gradle/versions.gradle
index 72162936d..a99c1fc9f 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.gradle
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
 
     dependency 'info.picocli:picocli:4.6.2'
 
-    dependencySet(group: 'io.vertx', version: '4.4.6') {
+    dependencySet(group: 'io.vertx', version: '4.4.9') {
       entry 'vertx-codegen'
       entry ('vertx-core') {
         exclude group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-handler'