diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index e146a4741481..c8b5aee2b7d2 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ plugins {
   // Additionally, the plugin checks for updates to Gradle itself.
   //
   // See https://github.com/ben-manes/gradle-versions-plugin for further details.
-  id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.33.0"
+  id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.44.0"
   // Apply one top level rat plugin to perform any required license enforcement analysis
   id("org.nosphere.apache.rat") version "0.8.0"
   // Enable gradle-based release management