diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 767469f8..61da18d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>4.9.5</version>
+      <version>4.9.6</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>