diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devui/deployment/BuildTimeContentProcessor.java b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devui/deployment/BuildTimeContentProcessor.java
index 55e2896661039..596b62098e474 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devui/deployment/BuildTimeContentProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devui/deployment/BuildTimeContentProcessor.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class BuildTimeContentProcessor {
     private static final String SLASH = "/";
     private static final String DEV_UI = "dev-ui";
     private static final String BUILD_TIME_PATH = "dev-ui-templates/build-time";
+    private static final String ES_MODULE_SHIMS = "es-module-shims";
 
     final Config config = ConfigProvider.getConfig();
 
@@ -294,11 +295,11 @@ QuteTemplateBuildItem createIndexHtmlTemplate(
                 QuteTemplateBuildItem.DEV_UI);
 
         Aggregator aggregator = new Aggregator(mvnpmBuildItem.getMvnpmJars());
-
         for (InternalImportMapBuildItem importMapBuildItem : internalImportMapBuildItems) {
             Map<String, String> importMap = importMapBuildItem.getImportMap();
             aggregator.addMappings(importMap);
         }
+        String esModuleShimsVersion = extractEsModuleShimsVersion(mvnpmBuildItem.getMvnpmJars());
         String importmap = aggregator.aggregateAsJson(nonApplicationRootPathBuildItem.getNonApplicationRootPath());
         aggregator.reset();
 
@@ -310,7 +311,8 @@ QuteTemplateBuildItem createIndexHtmlTemplate(
                 "nonApplicationRoot", nonApplicationRoot,
                 "contextRoot", contextRoot,
                 "importmap", importmap,
-                "themeVars", themeVars);
+                "themeVars", themeVars,
+                "esModuleShimsVersion", esModuleShimsVersion);
 
         quteTemplateBuildItem.add("index.html", data);
 
@@ -376,6 +378,18 @@ void createBuildTimeData(BuildProducer<BuildTimeConstBuildItem> buildTimeConstPr
         buildTimeConstProducer.produce(internalBuildTimeData);
     }
 
+    private String extractEsModuleShimsVersion(Set<URL> urls) {
+        for (URL u : urls) {
+            if (u.getPath().contains(ES_MODULE_SHIMS)) {
+                int i = u.getPath().indexOf(ES_MODULE_SHIMS) + ES_MODULE_SHIMS.length() + 1;
+                String versionOnward = u.getPath().substring(i);
+                String[] parts = versionOnward.split(SLASH);
+                return parts[0];
+            }
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
     private void addThemeBuildTimeData(BuildTimeConstBuildItem internalBuildTimeData,
             BuildProducer<ThemeVarsBuildItem> themeVarsProducer) {
         // Theme details TODO: Allow configuration
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/dev-ui-resources/src/main/resources/dev-ui-templates/build-time/index.html b/extensions/vertx-http/dev-ui-resources/src/main/resources/dev-ui-templates/build-time/index.html
index 8116f44ae7912..6ecc818195fb2 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/dev-ui-resources/src/main/resources/dev-ui-templates/build-time/index.html
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/dev-ui-resources/src/main/resources/dev-ui-templates/build-time/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
         <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="{contextRoot}favicon.ico">
 
-        <script async src="{nonApplicationRoot}_static/es-module-shims/dist/es-module-shims.js"></script>
+        <script async src="{nonApplicationRoot}_static/es-module-shims/{esModuleShimsVersion}/dist/es-module-shims.js"></script>
         
         <script type="importmap">
             {importmap}