diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b881967db6..9f5f5cdf2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 	<bcprov.version>1.70</bcprov.version>
 	<bcpkix.version>1.69</bcpkix.version>
 	<classindex.version>3.9</classindex.version>
-	<checker-qual.version>3.38.0</checker-qual.version>
+	<checker-qual.version>3.39.0</checker-qual.version>
 	<commons-math3.version>3.6.1</commons-math3.version>
 	<commons-compress.version>1.23.0</commons-compress.version>
 	<commons-text.version>1.10.0</commons-text.version>