diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index f38307984..bb3599fb3 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ load("@rules_jvm_external//:specs.bzl", "maven")
 # "bazel run @unpinned_maven//:pin" to apply these changes
 maven_install(
     artifacts = [
-        "args4j:args4j:2.33",  # can't go higher so long as we stay on Java 8
+        "args4j:args4j:2.37",  # can't go higher so long as we stay on Java 8
         "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.18.1",
         "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.18.1",
         "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.1",
diff --git a/src/maven_install.json b/src/maven_install.json
index 4edfd0b75..7c16e51d0 100644
--- a/src/maven_install.json
+++ b/src/maven_install.json
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
   "__AUTOGENERATED_FILE_DO_NOT_MODIFY_THIS_FILE_MANUALLY": "THERE_IS_NO_DATA_ONLY_ZUUL",
-  "__INPUT_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -679339623,
-  "__RESOLVED_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -1282291614,
+  "__INPUT_ARTIFACTS_HASH": 340641309,
+  "__RESOLVED_ARTIFACTS_HASH": 827982359,
   "artifacts": {
     "args4j:args4j": {
       "shasums": {
-        "jar": "91ddeaba0b24adce72291c618c00bbdce1c884755f6c4dba9c5c46e871c69ed6",
-        "sources": "a337a37bc6fc9a2d81c952f4c6ebd5db12351e994d00e112d7fe87a4dd707204"
+        "jar": "5a13b0f7ff519183e55b8f453b8faaa23b92ccf0443f1fac515fedf2246bdc18",
+        "sources": "179ee53818ef244600238091c7c6333340e86bb83c605b2fb104a427571e0d1e"
       },
-      "version": "2.33"
+      "version": "2.37"
     },
     "asm:asm-all": {
       "shasums": {