diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc87aa0..467db50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>validate</id>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
                         <reports>