diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df411c5f96b2..9f95b38acd13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <unitils.version>3.4.6</unitils.version>
         <xmlunit.version>1.3</xmlunit.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spotbugs.version>4.7.3.5</spotbugs.version>
+        <spotbugs.version>4.8.4.0</spotbugs.version>
         <javapoet.verion>1.13.0</javapoet.verion>
         <org.eclipse.jdt.version>3.10.0</org.eclipse.jdt.version>
         <org.eclipse.text.version>3.5.101</org.eclipse.text.version>