diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8c5e83fd5b..a843b9f5b4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ buildscript {
     ext.rxjava_version = '1.3.8'
     ext.dokka_version = '0.9.17'
     ext.eddsa_version = '0.2.0'
-    ext.dependency_checker_version = '4.0.2'
+    ext.dependency_checker_version = '5.2.0'
     ext.commons_collections_version = '4.3'
     ext.beanutils_version = '1.9.3'
     ext.crash_version = '810d2b774b85d4938be01b9b65e29e4fddbc450b'