diff --git a/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle b/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
index 0e512a3bf..a23ae388e 100644
--- a/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
+++ b/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.plumelib:plume-util:1.6.0'
     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 'io.github.eisop:checker-qual:3.27.0-eisop1'
+    compileOnly 'io.github.eisop:checker-qual:3.28.0-eisop1'
     ext.errorproneVersion = '2.16'
     implementation "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:${errorproneVersion}"
     implementation ('org.checkerframework.annotatedlib:guava:30.1.1-jre') {