diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2544ee8b..0a91a5a46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.4</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
-    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.6.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
     <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>