diff --git a/recipes/centos_vertx/Dockerfile b/recipes/centos_vertx/Dockerfile
index 9ba86405..a5cbe31c 100644
--- a/recipes/centos_vertx/Dockerfile
+++ b/recipes/centos_vertx/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ EXPOSE 8080 5005
 LABEL che:server:8080:ref=vertx che:server:8080:protocol=http che:server:5005:ref=vertx-debug che:server:5005:protocol=http
 
 ARG JAVA_VERSION=1.8.0
-ARG VERTX_VERSION=3.6.3
+ARG VERTX_VERSION=3.7.1
 
 ENV VERTX_GROUPID=io.vertx