diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 944325fef..51792bae4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <findbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.0.4</findbugs-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>8.12</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>8.29</checkstyle.version>
 
     <!-- dependency versions -->
     <commons-lang3.version>3.8</commons-lang3.version>