diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ef2e91..3eb3860 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>8.1</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>8.29</checkstyle.version>
 
     <!-- fragile artifacts -->
     <commons-cli.version>1.2</commons-cli.version>