diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ef7107..f67c206 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <checker-framework.version>4.1.0</checker-framework.version>
         <error-prone.version>2.49.0</error-prone.version>
         <nullaway.version>0.13.4</nullaway.version>
-        <checker-qual.version>4.0.0</checker-qual.version>
+        <checker-qual.version>4.1.0</checker-qual.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.22.0</commons-codec.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.20.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-logging.version>1.3.6</commons-logging.version>