diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a4638585..37d1c5b3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ plugins {
     // Checkstyle enforces consistent formatting rules across the project.
     id 'checkstyle'
     // Spotbugs is a static analyzer for java
-    id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.8'
+    id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.9'
     // With this plugin, we can build a Windows executable
     id 'edu.sc.seis.launch4j' version '3.0.5'
 }