diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e7d5645..0f1a79dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
 
     <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.5.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>13.5.0</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>13.6.0</checkstyle.version>
     <error-prone.version>2.49.0</error-prone.version>
     <flatten-maven-plugin.version>1.7.3</flatten-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-antrun-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-antrun-plugin.version>