diff --git a/autograder-core/pom.xml b/autograder-core/pom.xml
index 2394ff05..4fc57fe8 100644
--- a/autograder-core/pom.xml
+++ b/autograder-core/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-            <version>4.8.4</version>
+            <version>4.8.6</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>