diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acd76a8f..3cf9b2c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     <scmPluginVersion>2.0.1</scmPluginVersion>
     <sitePluginVersion>3.12.1</sitePluginVersion>
     <sitePlugin36Version>3.6</sitePlugin36Version> <!-- For MFINDBUGS-145 (breaks on newer jdks, revisit this on spotbugs 4.8.x and simply drop the old support) -->
-    <versionsPluginVersion>2.16.0</versionsPluginVersion>
+    <versionsPluginVersion>2.16.1</versionsPluginVersion>
 
     <spotbugsTestDebug>false</spotbugsTestDebug>
     <integrationTestSrc>${project.build.directory}/it-src-spotbugs</integrationTestSrc>