diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ea356951b..99043b4a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
         <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>2.16</version>
+        <version>2.18.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>