diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e7204c7e..152189dfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
           <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>4.0.4</version>
+          <version>4.7.1.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <plugins>
               <plugin>
@@ -1763,13 +1763,13 @@
          "classes": {
            "regex": true,
            "include": [
-             "org\\.apache\\.logging\\.log4j(\\..+)?"
+             "org\.apache\.logging\.log4j(\..+)?"
            ]
          },
          "packages": {
            "regex": true,
            "include": [
-             "org\\.apache\\.logging\\.log4j(\\..+)?"
+             "org\.apache\.logging\.log4j(\..+)?"
            ]
          }
        }