diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 434b118ad..7692a1d65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
     <site.plugin>4.0.0-M11</site.plugin>
     <sortpom.plugin>3.3.0</sortpom.plugin>
     <source.plugin>3.3.0</source.plugin>
-    <spotbugs.plugin>4.8.0.0</spotbugs.plugin>
+    <spotbugs.plugin>4.8.1.0</spotbugs.plugin>
     <surefire.plugin>3.2.2</surefire.plugin>
     <taglist.plugin>3.0.0</taglist.plugin>
     <versions.plugin>2.16.1</versions.plugin>