diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 261b696..68b2b2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <!-- plugins -->
         <plugin.license.version>4.1</plugin.license.version>
         <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.2.1</plugin.checkstyle.version>
-        <plugin.spotbugs.version>4.7.3.2</plugin.spotbugs.version>
+        <plugin.spotbugs.version>4.7.3.4</plugin.spotbugs.version>
         <plugin.git_commit_id.version>5.0.0</plugin.git_commit_id.version>
         <plugin.rdf4j_generator.version>0.2.0</plugin.rdf4j_generator.version>
     </properties>