diff --git a/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle b/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
index 3d9cbf743..baa8d3dcd 100644
--- a/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
+++ b/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.plumelib:reflection-util:1.0.5'
     // Annotations in checker-qual.jar are used, but no checkers are (currently) run on the code.
     compileOnly 'org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.26.0'
-    ext.errorproneVersion = '2.15.0'
+    ext.errorproneVersion = '2.17.0'
     // TODO: it's a bug that annotatedlib:guava requires the error_prone_annotations dependency.
     implementation "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:${errorproneVersion}"
     implementation ('org.checkerframework.annotatedlib:guava:30.1.1-jre') {