diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 19e8c532..c892d54e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ plugins {
     // Adds coveralls task for CI to send results to the coveralls service.
     id "com.github.kt3k.coveralls" version "2.12.0"
     //id "com.github.kt3k.coveralls" version "2.12.0" 
-    id "org.owasp.dependencycheck" version "7.1.2"
+    id "org.owasp.dependencycheck" version "7.2.0"
     id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert' version '3.3.2'
 }