diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/vertx-web-4.0/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/vertx-web-4.0/build.gradle
index ff0f792de7d..1f3deaca347 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/vertx-web-4.0/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/vertx-web-4.0/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Set properties before any plugins get loaded
 ext {
-  // TODO Java 17: This version of vertx-web doesn't support Java 17
+  // vertx-web doesn't support Java 17 until v4.2
   maxJavaVersionForTests = JavaVersion.VERSION_15
+  latestDepTestMaxJavaVersionForTests = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ artifacts {
 dependencies {
   api project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:netty-4.1-shared')
 
-  compileOnly group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-web', version: '4.2.7'
+  compileOnly group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-web', version: '4.0.0'
 
   testImplementation project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:netty-4.1')
   testImplementation project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:trace-annotation')
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
   testRuntimeOnly project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jackson-core')
   testRuntimeOnly project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:netty-buffer-4')
 
+  // TODO support v>=4.5
   latestDepTestImplementation group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-web', version: '4.4.+'
   latestDepTestImplementation group: 'io.vertx', name: 'vertx-web-client', version: '4.4.+'
 }