diff --git a/jooq-async-reactive/build.gradle b/jooq-async-reactive/build.gradle
index 0d790e7..2de3ea4 100644
--- a/jooq-async-reactive/build.gradle
+++ b/jooq-async-reactive/build.gradle
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.jooq:jooq:$_jooqVersion")
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonVersion")
     implementation("io.projectreactor:reactor-core:$reactorVersion")
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream_$scalaVersion:$akkaVersion")
     implementation("com.ongres.scram:client:2.1")
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.26")
-    implementation("io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:4.3.3")
+    implementation("io.vertx:vertx-pg-client:4.4.3")
 
     testImplementation project(':jooq-async-api-tck')
     testImplementation("com.novocode:junit-interface:0.11")