diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d889c10a28..85c1911ffe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>de.thetaphi</groupId>
         <artifactId>forbiddenapis</artifactId>
-        <version>3.9</version>
+        <version>3.10</version>
         <configuration>
           <!--
             if the used Java version is too new,