diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7a2bfe..e8621b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
     <!-- Component and plugin versions, in alphabetical order. -->
     <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.4.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
-    <checkerframework.version>3.35.0</checkerframework.version>
+    <checkerframework.version>3.38.0</checkerframework.version>
     <!-- We support checkstyle 9.3 and higher; 10.0 requires JDK 11 or higher. -->
     <checkstyle.version>10.12.0</checkstyle.version>
     <git-commit-id-plugin.version>4.9.10</git-commit-id-plugin.version>