diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c8c91c2a..e778dc5e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>checkstyle</id>