diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6fa09824..279449fc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     // to check for updates run: ./gradlew dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.27.0'
+    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
 }
 ext.currentVersion = '0.9.2-SNAPSHOT'
 ext.lastRelease = '0.9.1'