diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58ba1514..b650dd0e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     <!-- this property makes sure NetBeans 6.8+ picks up some formatting rules from checkstyle -->
     <netbeans.checkstyle.format>true</netbeans.checkstyle.format>
     <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
-    <animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>1.21</animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>
+    <animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>1.22</animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>
     <flatten-maven-plugin.version>1.2.7</flatten-maven-plugin.version>
     <l10n-maven-plugin.version>1.0.0</l10n-maven-plugin.version>
     <license-maven-plugin.version>1.9</license-maven-plugin.version>