diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index fd5f8d00ffc..38f0cf2bf42 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
       <!-- GPLv2 with Classpath Exception -->
       <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
       <artifactId>javac</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.0-dev-r2644-1</version>
+      <version>1.9.0-dev-r2973-2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>