diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86f2d9f7..03d25f7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
       <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>