diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ead0b2..ce80357 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <gsss.version>1.0</gsss.version>
-        <checkstyle.version>6.9</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>8.29</checkstyle.version>
         <arcbees-checkstyle.version>1.2</arcbees-checkstyle.version>
 
         <!-- maven -->