diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1e6d30..145b3c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <maven.source.plugin.version>3.3.0</maven.source.plugin.version>
         <!-- Maven build plugins for quality checks -->
         <plexus.compiler.javac.errorprone.version>2.8.5</plexus.compiler.javac.errorprone.version>
-        <error.prone.core.version>2.3.2</error.prone.core.version>
+        <error.prone.core.version>2.28.0</error.prone.core.version>
         <jacoco.maven.plugin.version>0.8.11</jacoco.maven.plugin.version>
         <spotbugs.maven.plugin.version>4.8.3.1</spotbugs.maven.plugin.version>
         <com.github.spotbugs.version>4.8.3</com.github.spotbugs.version>