diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b665deac..74a775287 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         <maven-findbugs-plugin.version>3.0.6-SNAPSHOT</maven-findbugs-plugin.version>
         <maven-fizzed-plugin.version>1.0.6</maven-fizzed-plugin.version>
         <maven-flatten-plugin.version>1.2.5</maven-flatten-plugin.version>
-        <maven-spring-javaformat-plugin.version>0.0.28</maven-spring-javaformat-plugin.version>
+        <maven-spring-javaformat-plugin.version>0.0.42</maven-spring-javaformat-plugin.version>
         <maven-forbiddenapis-plugin.version>3.5-SNAPSHOT</maven-forbiddenapis-plugin.version>
         <maven-git-commit-id-plugin.version>4.0.2</maven-git-commit-id-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin.version>