diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml
index 24e2e03a60..4b41401d82 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-shade/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		<guice.version>4.2.2</guice.version>
 		<guava.version>28.1-jre</guava.version>
 		<asm.version>7.1</asm.version>
-		<checker.version>3.1.1</checker.version>
+		<checker.version>3.6.1</checker.version>
 
 		<maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
 		<build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>