diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
index 5b38db500420f..43ba287ad9517 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jsonb-deployment</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-vertx-deployment</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-graphql-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
index b0d06078c8d5d..a52ac59907745 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-graphql-client/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-jsonb</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-vertx</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
@@ -67,4 +71,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>