diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5bdd6dc..4f8905e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <coveralls.token>${env.COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN}</coveralls.token>
         <dependency-check-maven.version>5.3.2</dependency-check-maven.version>
         <dockerfile-maven-plugin.version>1.4.10</dockerfile-maven-plugin.version>
-        <error_prone_core.version>2.3.3</error_prone_core.version>
+        <error_prone_core.version>2.8.0</error_prone_core.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <findsecbugs-plugin.version>1.9.0</findsecbugs-plugin.version>
         <forbidden-apis.version>2.6</forbidden-apis.version>