diff --git a/depclean-core/pom.xml b/depclean-core/pom.xml
index 72b5d8cd..c2d3d7a4 100644
--- a/depclean-core/pom.xml
+++ b/depclean-core/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.41</version>
+            <version>8.45.1</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>
diff --git a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 3a86a248..2c9630a5 100644
--- a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.41</version>
+            <version>8.45.1</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>