diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e09f982f..7f070a2f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ under the License.
     <forkCount>2</forkCount>
     <checkstyle.version>10.23.0</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>true</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
-    <error_prone_core.version>2.37.0</error_prone_core.version>
+    <error_prone_core.version>2.42.0</error_prone_core.version>
     <checker.framework.version>3.52.0</checker.framework.version>
     <logback.version>1.5.21</logback.version>
     <doclint>none</doclint>