diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70c4bcdad97..4581206c427 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
         <provided.scope>provided</provided.scope>
         <jakarta-el.version>3.0.1-b12</jakarta-el.version>
         <asm.version>9.9.1</asm.version>
-        <checker-qual.version>3.55.1</checker-qual.version>
+        <checker-qual.version>4.0.0</checker-qual.version>
         <error_prone_annotations.version>2.49.0</error_prone_annotations.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.83</bouncycastle.version>
     </properties>