diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d2f417dd0..31be8f5b17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.7.0.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+    <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.7.1.1</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.6.0</spotbugs.version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.failOnError>true</spotbugs-maven-plugin.failOnError>
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>