diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 06ad2b6..23c669d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <commons-io.version>2.22.0</commons-io.version>
         <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>
         <maven-plugin-api.version>3.9.16</maven-plugin-api.version>
-        <maven-plugin-annotations.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin-annotations.version>
+        <maven-plugin-annotations.version>3.16.0</maven-plugin-annotations.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.19</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.6.3</logback.version>
         <!-- versions of test dependencies -->