diff --git a/docs/examples/errorprone/build.gradle b/docs/examples/errorprone/build.gradle
index dfaf80456c8..c4a561b251c 100644
--- a/docs/examples/errorprone/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/examples/errorprone/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 plugins {
     id 'java'
-    id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '3.1.0'
+    id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '4.0.1'
     // Checker Framework pluggable type-checking
     id 'org.checkerframework' version '0.6.40'
 }