diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1efc271..5228947 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies {
     api 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
     api 'org.jspecify:jspecify:1.0.0'
 
-    checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:13.8.0'
+    checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:13.9.0'
     checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.44.1'
 
     errorprone 'com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core:2.50.0'
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 5234af9..10ecb8a 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@
         <module name="JavadocMissingLeadingAsterisk"/>
         <module name="JavadocMissingWhitespaceAfterAsterisk"/>
         <module name="JavadocParagraph"/>
-        <module name="JavadocStyle">
-            <property name="checkEmptyJavadoc" value="true"/>
-        </module>
         <module name="JavadocTagContinuationIndentation"/>
         <module name="JavadocType"/>
         <module name="JavadocVariable">