diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index d7bbda116c..825bcf7d27 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ plugins {
     `java-library`
     checkstyle
     `maven-publish`
-    id("com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report") version "1.19"
+    id("com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report") version "2.1"
 }
 apply(plugin = "opensearch.repositories")