diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 4f84f203..18fbdf74 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ maven_install(
         "org.apache.kafka:kafka-streams:3.6.1",
         "org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.6.1",
         "org.apache.thrift:libthrift:0.19.0",
-        "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.41.0",
+        "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.50.0",
         "org.checkerframework:checker-util:3.41.0",
         "org.checkerframework:checker:3.41.0",
         "org.immutables:gson:2.10.0",