diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0eee7b47d..ac7fa9303 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
     <commons.felix.version>5.1.2</commons.felix.version>
     <biz.aQute.bndlib.version>6.0.0</biz.aQute.bndlib.version>
     <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.5.3.0</spotbugs.plugin.version>
-    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.5.3</spotbugs.impl.version>
+    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.6.0</spotbugs.impl.version>
     <commons.animal-sniffer.version>1.20</commons.animal-sniffer.version>
     <commons.japicmp.version>0.15.3</commons.japicmp.version>
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>