diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e41b5f5ee..241c9319c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.11.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
     <jshell-maven-plugin.version>1.4</jshell-maven-plugin.version>
     <spotless.version>3.9.0</spotless.version>
-    <google-java-format.version>1.35.0</google-java-format.version>
+    <google-java-format.version>1.36.0</google-java-format.version>
     <!--
     These groovy scripts are used later in this POM file to generate
     source files and resources for the library itself and for the