diff --git a/strimzi-kafka-operator.yaml b/strimzi-kafka-operator.yaml
index 8534c905f68..04de448636c 100644
--- a/strimzi-kafka-operator.yaml
+++ b/strimzi-kafka-operator.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: strimzi-kafka-operator
   version: "0.49.1"
-  epoch: 5 # GHSA-3677-xxcr-wjqv
+  epoch: 6 # GHSA-cphf-4846-3xx9
   description: Apache Kafka® running on Kubernetes
   copyright:
     - license: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/strimzi-kafka-operator/pombump-deps.yaml b/strimzi-kafka-operator/pombump-deps.yaml
index 4e34b924cfe..1179d82aa9d 100644
--- a/strimzi-kafka-operator/pombump-deps.yaml
+++ b/strimzi-kafka-operator/pombump-deps.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ patches:
   - groupId: org.bitbucket.b_c
     artifactId: jose4j
     version: 0.9.6
+  - groupId: io.vertx
+    artifactId: vertx-core
+    version: 4.5.24