diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0fe4389fd..605b165dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
         <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version>
+        <version>2.7.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>