diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6fad1760e..b2503f1c9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0-beta4</version>
+            <version>4.0.0-RC3</version>
          </dependency>
         </dependencies>        
         <configuration>