diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50c1e1462..6fe72e3af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>