diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45b79c2f..653704b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <assertj-guava.version>3.26.0</assertj-guava.version>
         <byte-buddy.version>1.14.17</byte-buddy.version>
         <caffeine.version>3.1.8</caffeine.version>
-        <checker-qual.version>3.44.0</checker-qual.version>
+        <checker-qual.version>3.45.0</checker-qual.version>
         <classmate.version>1.7.0</classmate.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.17.0</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.4</commons-collections4.version>