diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/PR#4354-update-org-checkerframework-checker-qual.yml b/changelog/unreleased/PR#4354-update-org-checkerframework-checker-qual.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17283f238c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/PR#4354-update-org-checkerframework-checker-qual.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+title: Update org.checkerframework:checker-qual to v4
+type: dependency_update
+authors:
+- name: solrbot
+links:
+- name: PR#4354
+  url: https://github.com/apache/solr/pull/4354
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 3c6c8acb619..48bec10ae6e 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ carrot2-core = "4.8.1"
 carrotsearch-hppc = "0.10.0"
 carrotsearch-randomizedtesting = "2.8.4"
 # @keep for version alignment
-checkerframework = "3.54.0"
+checkerframework = "4.1.0"
 codehaus-woodstox = "4.2.2"
 commons-cli = "1.11.0"
 commons-codec = "1.21.0"