diff --git a/vertx-core/pom.xml b/vertx-core/pom.xml
index 2578b0a9450..4ac3b1d6476 100644
--- a/vertx-core/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-core/pom.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@
 
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>default-compile</id>
@@ -233,7 +232,6 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <failIfNoSpecifiedTests>false</failIfNoSpecifiedTests>
             <useModulePath>${vertx.testUseModulePath}</useModulePath>
@@ -320,7 +318,6 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <useModulePath>false</useModulePath>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/spi/file/FileResolver.java b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/spi/file/FileResolver.java
index 701204f9b1d..d05556fc4b3 100644
--- a/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/spi/file/FileResolver.java
+++ b/vertx-core/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/spi/file/FileResolver.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 package io.vertx.core.spi.file;
 
+import io.vertx.core.file.FileSystemOptions;
+import io.vertx.core.file.impl.FileResolverImpl;
+
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -31,6 +34,16 @@
  */
 public interface FileResolver extends Closeable {
 
+  /**
+   * Create a file resolver.
+   *
+   * @param options the fs options
+   * @return the file resolver
+   */
+  static FileResolver fileResolver(FileSystemOptions options) {
+    return new FileResolverImpl(options);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Resolve the file for the specified {@code fileName}.
    *