diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0877dd710..cc8fe6551 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.1</version>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>