diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0d18598b8..d4bff10aaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <release-maven-plugin.version>3.1.1</release-maven-plugin.version>
     <site-maven-plugin.version>3.21.0</site-maven-plugin.version>
     <source-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</source-maven-plugin.version>
-    <spotbug-maven-plugin.version>4.9.3.2</spotbug-maven-plugin.version>
+    <spotbug-maven-plugin.version>4.9.4.0</spotbug-maven-plugin.version>
     <spring-boot.version>3.5.4</spring-boot.version>
     <surefire-maven-plugin.version>3.5.3</surefire-maven-plugin.version>
     <!-- plugin version end -->
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <failOnError>true</failOnError>
           <threshold>Medium</threshold>
-          <excludeFilterFile>ci/spotbugs/exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+          <excludeFilterFile>${session.executionRootDirectory}/ci/spotbugs/exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>