diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c7fad1..dbcc850 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7</version>
+      <version>1.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>