diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f44aae70940..2d1ae577074 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
     <checkstyle.configdir>src/site/resources/checkstyle</checkstyle.configdir>
 
     <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.0.4</spotbugs.plugin.version>
-    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.1.1</spotbugs.impl.version>
+    <spotbugs.impl.version>4.7.3</spotbugs.impl.version>
     <japicmp.skip>false</japicmp.skip>
     <clirr.skip>true</clirr.skip>