diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30af72cf00..9bb5f48a90 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.0</version>
+      <version>4.4.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>