diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 410b816fc..5528dcc08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         java: [
           { 'version': '11', opts: '' },
           { 'version': '17', 'opts': '' },
-          { 'version': '21', 'opts': "-pl '!vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-web-templ-mvel'" }
+          { 'version': '21', 'opts': '' }
         ]
     name: build with jdk ${{matrix.java.version}}
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ffe49fc5..91bc8c53d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <properties>
         <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
 
-        <vertx.version>4.4.6</vertx.version>
+        <vertx.version>4.5.0</vertx.version>
         <mutiny.version>2.5.1</mutiny.version>
         <jackson.version>2.16.0</jackson.version>
         <reactive-streams.version>1.0.4</reactive-streams.version>