diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8515c06..66c9ed2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@
     <doclint>none</doclint>
 
     <!-- Properties for maven-checkstyle-plugin -->
-    <checkstyle.version>10.18.2</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>10.21.4</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.config.location>src/main/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</checkstyle.config.location>
     <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>