diff --git a/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml
index 428eebc..7471dc1 100644
--- a/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-tools-parent/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <modello.version>2.1.2</modello.version>
     <osgi.annotation.bundle.version>2.0.0</osgi.annotation.bundle.version>
     <osgi.annotation.versioning.version>1.1.2</osgi.annotation.versioning.version>
-    <spotbugs-annotations.version>4.9.3</spotbugs-annotations.version>
+    <spotbugs-annotations.version>4.9.4</spotbugs-annotations.version>
     <xmlunit.version>2.10.2</xmlunit.version>
 
     <!-- Maven plugin versions -->
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_com_github_spotbugs_spotbugs_annotations.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_com_github_spotbugs_spotbugs_annotations.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b3e651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_com_github_spotbugs_spotbugs_annotations.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="207" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-tools/pull/207"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations` to version `4.9.4`</description>
+</entry>