diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42ea478..6b9e3dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0-M1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <sortpom-maven-plugin.version>4.0.0</sortpom-maven-plugin.version>
-        <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.10.3.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+        <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.10.4.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
         <spotless-maven-plugin.version>3.10.0</spotless-maven-plugin.version>
         <!--==================== dependency versions ======================-->
         <annotations.version>26.1.0</annotations.version>