diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ec2626a..2432676e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <assertj-guava.version>3.24.2</assertj-guava.version>
         <byte-buddy.version>1.14.7</byte-buddy.version>
         <caffeine.version>3.1.8</caffeine.version>
-        <checker-qual.version>3.37.0</checker-qual.version>
+        <checker-qual.version>3.38.0</checker-qual.version>
         <classmate.version>1.5.1</classmate.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.16.0</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-compress.version>1.23.0</commons-compress.version>