diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 5f3d0891d2..fe8bdc1379 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ libraryDependencies += Defaults.sbtPluginExtra(
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-multi-jvm" % "0.4.0")
 //#sbt-multi-jvm
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.4.4")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.0.6")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.9.11")
 // sbt-osgi 0.9.5 is available but breaks including jdk9-only classes