diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 18e94cbd7b..a292281e73 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
-        <version>3.54.0</version>
+        <version>4.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>