diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3faf5b2..b42defd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:8.4.1'
+        classpath 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:8.4.2'
     }
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ buildscript {
     mavenCentral()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:8.4.1'
+    classpath 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:8.4.2'
   }
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ buildscript {
     mavenCentral()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:8.4.1'
+    classpath 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:8.4.2'
   }
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ subprojects {
 
 ```kotlin
 plugins {
-    id("org.owasp.dependencycheck") version "8.4.1" apply false 
+    id("org.owasp.dependencycheck") version "8.4.2" apply false 
 }
 
 allprojects {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cb8d1b1..700aae3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 ext {
-    odcVersion = '8.4.1'
+    odcVersion = '8.4.2'
     slackWebhookVersion = '1.4.0'
     spockCoreVersion = '2.3-groovy-3.0'
 }