diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e3dbf874..71ba5b33c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <plugin.git_commit_id.version>7.0.0</plugin.git_commit_id.version>
         <plugin.rdf4j_generator.version>0.2.0</plugin.rdf4j_generator.version>
         <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.3.1</plugin.checkstyle.version>
-        <plugin.spotbugs.version>4.7.3.6</plugin.spotbugs.version>
+        <plugin.spotbugs.version>4.8.1.0</plugin.spotbugs.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>