diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea62060aed..d91236658b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.0</version>
+      <version>4.4.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>