diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 67b47b56f..dd2cd8dce 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'jacoco'
     id 'checkstyle'
     id 'signing'
-    id 'org.owasp.dependencycheck' version '6.3.1'
+    id 'org.owasp.dependencycheck' version '8.0.1'
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.0.0'
 }