diff --git a/vertx-auth-sql-client/pom.xml b/vertx-auth-sql-client/pom.xml
index acce9ba7e..82eab8ff3 100644
--- a/vertx-auth-sql-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-auth-sql-client/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.agroal</groupId>
       <artifactId>agroal-pool</artifactId>
-      <version>1.12</version>
+      <version>2.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>