diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 085e8aacdd..06a3fbc38a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <vertx.version>4.4.5</vertx.version>
+    <vertx.version>4.5.1</vertx.version>
     <rxjava.version>2.2.21</rxjava.version>
     <cloudevent.version>1.1.0</cloudevent.version>
     <weld.version>5.1.2.Final</weld.version>
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/impl/KafkaSource.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/impl/KafkaSource.java
index d9736b2795..06c6d35dd1 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/impl/KafkaSource.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/impl/KafkaSource.java
@@ -7,14 +7,7 @@
 import static io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.impl.RebalanceListeners.findMatchingListener;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -32,13 +25,7 @@
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.health.HealthReport;
-import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.DeserializationFailureHandler;
-import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.IncomingKafkaRecord;
-import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.IncomingKafkaRecordBatch;
-import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.KafkaCDIEvents;
-import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.KafkaConnectorIncomingConfiguration;
-import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.KafkaConsumerRebalanceListener;
-import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.KafkaRecord;
+import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.*;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.commit.ContextHolder;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.commit.KafkaCommitHandler;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.fault.KafkaDeadLetterQueue;
@@ -47,7 +34,7 @@
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.health.KafkaSourceHealth;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.tracing.KafkaOpenTelemetryInstrumenter;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.kafka.tracing.KafkaTrace;
-import io.vertx.core.impl.EventLoopContext;
+import io.vertx.core.impl.ContextInternal;
 import io.vertx.core.impl.VertxInternal;
 import io.vertx.mutiny.core.Vertx;
 
@@ -74,7 +61,12 @@ public class KafkaSource<K, V> {
     private final Instance<DeserializationFailureHandler<?>> deserializationFailureHandlers;
     private final Instance<KafkaConsumerRebalanceListener> consumerRebalanceListeners;
     private final ReactiveKafkaConsumer<K, V> client;
-    private final EventLoopContext context;
+
+    /**
+     * This field stores the event loop context.
+     * Using {@code ContextInternal} to distinguish it from the {@code Context} used by the user.
+     */
+    private final ContextInternal context;
 
     private final KafkaOpenTelemetryInstrumenter kafkaInstrumenter;
 
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/commit/RedisCheckpointStateStore.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/commit/RedisCheckpointStateStore.java
index 16ab5dbd5d..9f3d7f1bc6 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/commit/RedisCheckpointStateStore.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/commit/RedisCheckpointStateStore.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import io.vertx.mutiny.redis.client.Request;
 import io.vertx.mutiny.redis.client.Response;
 import io.vertx.redis.client.RedisOptions;
-import io.vertx.redis.client.RedisOptionsConverter;
 
 public class RedisCheckpointStateStore implements CheckpointStateStore {
 
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ public CheckpointStateStore create(KafkaConnectorIncomingConfiguration config, V
 
             JsonObject entries = JsonHelper.asJsonObject(config.config(),
                     KafkaCommitHandler.Strategy.CHECKPOINT + "." + STATE_STORE_NAME + ".");
-            RedisOptions options = new RedisOptions();
-            RedisOptionsConverter.fromJson(entries, options);
+            RedisOptions options = new RedisOptions(entries);
             Redis redis = Redis.createClient(vertx, options);
 
             ProcessingStateCodec stateCodec = CDIUtils.getInstanceById(stateCodecFactory, config.getChannel(), () -> {
diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java
index 55fbd2e018..ee946d917a 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-pulsar/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/pulsar/PulsarIncomingChannel.java
@@ -10,16 +10,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.BatchReceivePolicy;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Consumer;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.ConsumerBuilder;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.DeadLetterPolicy;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.KeySharedPolicy;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClient;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.PulsarClientException;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.RedeliveryBackoff;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Schema;
-import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.SubscriptionType;
+import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.*;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.api.schema.KeyValueSchema;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.MultiplierRedeliveryBackoff;
 import org.apache.pulsar.client.impl.conf.ConsumerConfigurationData;
@@ -40,7 +31,7 @@
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.pulsar.tracing.PulsarTrace;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.pulsar.tracing.PulsarTraceTextMapGetter;
 import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.tracing.TracingUtils;
-import io.vertx.core.impl.EventLoopContext;
+import io.vertx.core.impl.ContextInternal;
 import io.vertx.core.impl.VertxInternal;
 import io.vertx.mutiny.core.Vertx;
 
@@ -51,7 +42,12 @@ public class PulsarIncomingChannel<T> {
     private final String channel;
     private final PulsarAckHandler ackHandler;
     private final PulsarFailureHandler failureHandler;
-    private final EventLoopContext context;
+
+    /**
+     * This field captures the event loop context.
+     * Using {@code ContextInternal} to distinguish it from {@code io.vertx.core.Context}.
+     */
+    private final ContextInternal context;
     private final AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
     private final List<Throwable> failures = new ArrayList<>();