diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfce9f19bd..557c502507 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.24</version>
+                <version>1.26</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>check</id>