diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7fa25b2..b4b1dfa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>de.thetaphi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>forbiddenapis</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <version>3.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- if the used Java version is too new, don't fail, just do nothing: -->
                     <failOnUnsupportedJava>false</failOnUnsupportedJava>