<plugin>
<groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
<artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.11</version>
<dependencies>
<!-- overwrite dependency on spotbugs if you want to specify the version of spotbugs -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
<artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
<version>4.0.0-beta1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>