diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ab8d4f9ac..6dc106072b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
         <!-- hibernate is up to rev 6+. But 4.0.0. causes this error: symbol: org.hibernate.classic.Session not found -->
         <version.hibernate>3.6.10.Final</version.hibernate>
         <version.spotbugs.maven>4.9.5.0</version.spotbugs.maven>
-        <version.spotbugs>4.9.5</version.spotbugs>
+        <version.spotbugs>4.9.6</version.spotbugs>
         <!-- Spring 6.x requires Java 17 -->
         <version.springframework>5.3.39</version.springframework>
         <!-- Tomcat 10 moves from Java EE to Jakarta EE, moving packages javax.* to jakarta.* - code changes likely required to address this change. -->