diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e60972b..ca19cca8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
       <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>2.39.0</version>
+      <version>2.40.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>