diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b0af8de..831a586 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ wrapper {
 
 repositories { mavenLocal(); mavenCentral() }
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly 'com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:3.1.12'
+    compileOnly 'com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:4.8.2'
 
     // using old groovy because it's more permissive and allow testing more edge cases
     testImplementation 'org.spockframework:spock-core:1.3-groovy-2.5'