diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe8386592e..4380fb92cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ under the License.
     <forkCount>2</forkCount>
     <checkstyle.version>10.23.0</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.failOnViolation>true</checkstyle.failOnViolation>
-    <error_prone_core.version>2.50.0</error_prone_core.version>
+    <error_prone_core.version>2.51.0</error_prone_core.version>
     <checker.framework.version>4.3.1</checker.framework.version>
     <logback.version>1.6.5</logback.version>
     <doclint>none</doclint>