diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a70798cc9f309..35890ac49e5eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2` from 2.12.0 to 2.13.0 ([#20185](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20185), [#20184](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20184))
 - Bump Project Reactor to 3.8.1 and Reactor Netty to 1.3.1 ([#20217](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20217))
 - Bump OpenTelemetry to 1.57.0 and OpenTelemetry Semconv to 1.37.0 ([#20231](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20231))
+- Bump `org.checkerframework:checker-qual` from 3.49.0 to 3.52.1 ([#20234](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/20234))
 
 [Unreleased 3.x]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/compare/3.4...main
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
index e75d73d086bf8..0867da525f0b1 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/build.gradle
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ dependencies {
   runtimeOnly "io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-http-util:0.31.1"
   implementation "com.google.apis:google-api-services-storage:v1-rev20250718-2.0.0"
 
-  implementation "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.49.0"
+  implementation "org.checkerframework:checker-qual:3.52.1"
 
   runtimeOnly "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.47.0"
   runtimeOnly "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.47.0"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/checker-qual-3.49.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/checker-qual-3.49.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d96be486ce3b..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/checker-qual-3.49.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-54be36cb42c9b991c109e467e2bfa82af4cda44e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/checker-qual-3.52.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/checker-qual-3.52.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a8354b7c54fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/checker-qual-3.52.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a03c651bb46e4ed12dc7fbdc3c6281bdcab8adb8
\ No newline at end of file