diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 275c340751..5b907f4b21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <hadoop-bam.version>7.9.2</hadoop-bam.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
     <bdg-formats.version>0.11.4</bdg-formats.version>
-    <bdg-utils.version>0.2.13</bdg-utils.version>
+    <bdg-utils.version>0.2.14</bdg-utils.version>
     <htsjdk.version>2.16.1</htsjdk.version>
     <scoverage.plugin.version>1.1.1</scoverage.plugin.version>
   </properties>