diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e7a475b..5c18957 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         -->
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2026-05-03T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spotless-maven-plugin.version>3.4.0</spotless-maven-plugin.version>
+        <spotless-maven-plugin.version>3.6.0</spotless-maven-plugin.version>
         <!-- excludes @Tag("large") tests by default; override to empty to include them -->
         <surefire.excludedGroups.default>large</surefire.excludedGroups.default>
         <surefire.groups.default />