diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a5d23a5b1a..1584b6fde77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
     <checkstyle.configdir>src/site/resources/checkstyle</checkstyle.configdir>
 
     <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.5.0.0</spotbugs.plugin.version>
-    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.2.3</spotbugs.impl.version>
+    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.7.2</spotbugs.impl.version>
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>