diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74943817b0..73c2c889e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     <dependency-maven-plugin.version>3.8.1</dependency-maven-plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.9.3</spotbugs.version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.9.3.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
+    <spotbugs.plexus-velocity.version>2.3.0</spotbugs.plexus-velocity.version>
     <frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.15.0</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
     <guava.version>32.0.1-jre</guava.version>
     <hadoop.version>3.4.2</hadoop.version>
@@ -1012,6 +1013,12 @@
               <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
               <version>${spotbugs.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Upgraded plexus-velocity is required by spotbugs since TEZ-4669 -->
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+              <artifactId>plexus-velocity</artifactId>
+              <version>${spotbugs.plexus-velocity.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
           </dependencies>
           <configuration>
             <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>