diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 085b688271..2aaaea8364 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <httpcomponents.httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcomponents.httpcore.version>
     <httpcomponents.httpclient.version>4.5.14</httpcomponents.httpclient.version>
     <!-- ensure checker-qual version matches what Guava uses -->
-    <checker-qual.version>3.45.0</checker-qual.version>
+    <checker-qual.version>3.46.0</checker-qual.version>
     <perfmark-api.version>0.27.0</perfmark-api.version>
     <j2objc-annotations.version>3.0.0</j2objc-annotations.version>
     <google.cloud.opentelemetry.version>0.31.0</google.cloud.opentelemetry.version>