diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a66617a..ecae609a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.0</version>
+                    <version>3.6.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <checkstyleRules>
                             <!-- We only enable rules that are not enforced by