diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6748d27..d2e6936 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.4</version>
+      <version>4.8.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>de.digitalcollections.commons</groupId>