diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0da28f5e..90aa0f9e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
         <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>2.20.0</version>
+        <version>2.21.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- overrides to resolve dependency conflicts - end-->
       <!-- overrides with vulnerability fixes - start-->