diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c363895391..e297769a14 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         <version.auto-value>1.11.0</version.auto-value>
         <version.error-prone>${version.error-prone-orig}</version.error-prone>
         <version.error-prone-fork>${version.error-prone-orig}-picnic-1</version.error-prone-fork>
-        <version.error-prone-orig>2.39.0</version.error-prone-orig>
+        <version.error-prone-orig>2.40.0</version.error-prone-orig>
         <version.jdk>17</version.jdk>
         <version.maven>3.9.10</version.maven>
         <version.pitest-git>2.2.4</version.pitest-git>