diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4fd3b52530..2bbbadfc590 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -406,9 +406,25 @@
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.6.2</version>
           <configuration>
+            <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
+            <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
             <source>1.8</source>
             <target>1.8</target>
           </configuration>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+              <artifactId>plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone</artifactId>
+              <version>2.8</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <!-- override plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone's dependency on
+                 Error Prone with the latest version -->
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+              <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
+              <version>2.2.0</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>