diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10cc8d4..131e77f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>4.9.4</version>
+            <version>4.9.8</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>