diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 366f941..a5f21e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		<!-- 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>