diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82e440eb..efd9fecf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <!-- Dependency versions appear alphabetically below -->
-        <checker-qual.version>4.2.3</checker-qual.version>
+        <checker-qual.version>4.3.0</checker-qual.version>
         <commons-lang.version>3.20.0</commons-lang.version>
         <gson.version>2.14.0</gson.version>
         <error-prone.version>2.50.0</error-prone.version>