diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27f9ecd..487a523 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@
 		<plugins.spotbugs-maven-plugin>4.9.3.2</plugins.spotbugs-maven-plugin>
 		<plugins.versions-maven-plugin>2.18.0</plugins.versions-maven-plugin>
 		<!-- dependency versions -->
-		<version.com.github.spotbugs>4.8.6</version.com.github.spotbugs>
+		<version.com.github.spotbugs>4.9.4</version.com.github.spotbugs>
 		<version.com.h3xstream.findsecbugs.findsecbugs-plugin>1.14.0</version.com.h3xstream.findsecbugs.findsecbugs-plugin>
 		<version.com.mebigfatguy.sb-contrib.sb-contrib>7.6.11</version.com.mebigfatguy.sb-contrib.sb-contrib>
 		<version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>10.26.1</version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>