diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 548270fcc12..2e115ed138f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         <version.auto-value>1.10.2</version.auto-value>
         <version.error-prone>${version.error-prone-orig}</version.error-prone>
         <version.error-prone-fork>v${version.error-prone-orig}-picnic-2</version.error-prone-fork>
-        <version.error-prone-orig>2.20.0</version.error-prone-orig>
+        <version.error-prone-orig>2.21.0</version.error-prone-orig>
         <version.error-prone-slf4j>0.1.18</version.error-prone-slf4j>
         <version.guava-beta-checker>1.0</version.guava-beta-checker>
         <version.jdk>11</version.jdk>