diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a017555a80..ee68a53127e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -562,6 +562,11 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>vertx-grpc</artifactId>
+        <version>${vertx.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
         <artifactId>vertx-web</artifactId>