diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f1f9ce..a85c212 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
     <sonar.organization>spdx-1</sonar.organization>
     <sonar.projectKey>spdx-java-core</sonar.projectKey>
-    <dependency-check-maven.version>12.1.9</dependency-check-maven.version>
+    <dependency-check-maven.version>12.2.0</dependency-check-maven.version>
   </properties>
   <profiles>  
     <profile>