diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f3f7d4ec3..ed641259a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ the License.-->
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>6.19</version>
+            <version>8.29</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>