diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea5a7bf5..bb2ae8aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.4.2</spotbugs.plugin.version>
-    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.4.2</spotbugs.impl.version>
+    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.7.0</spotbugs.impl.version>
 
     <!-- Commons Release Plugin -->
     <commons.bc.version>1.0-alpha1</commons.bc.version>