diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df5e035f6..44b58f307 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-  <version>1.139.4</version>
+  <version>1.140.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8188f085c..c4c194243 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
         <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
-        <!-- 2.32.0 and 2.33.0 break our java 11 build with compiler errors, I reported this to the
-        errorprone team, but try upgrading to new versions in the future-->
-        <version>2.31.0</version>
+        <version>2.38.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
@@ -114,6 +112,7 @@
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           <compilerArgs>
             <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
+            <arg>--should-stop=ifError=FLOW</arg>
           </compilerArgs>
           <annotationProcessorPaths>
             <path>