diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 99dfc579..2d143fbf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
         <sitePluginVersion>3.12.1</sitePluginVersion>
         <sitePlugin36Version>3.6</sitePlugin36Version>
         <!-- For MFINDBUGS-145 (breaks on newer jdks, revisit this on spotbugs 5.0.x and simply drop the old support) -->
-        <versionsPluginVersion>2.16.1</versionsPluginVersion>
+        <versionsPluginVersion>2.16.2</versionsPluginVersion>
 
         <spotbugsTestDebug>false</spotbugsTestDebug>
         <integrationTestSrc>${project.build.directory}/it-src-spotbugs</integrationTestSrc>