diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index da93f4a0ae..ff67eab514 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.4.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.24")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-apidoc" % "0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox" % "0.6.5")
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.16")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.17")
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.2.0") // for maintenance of copyright file header
 addSbtPlugin("com.hpe.sbt" % "sbt-pull-request-validator" % "1.0.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "1.6.0")