diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ac9a7581..583a37b01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.1</version>
+                        <version>3.6.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <phase>test-compile</phase>