diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77daa42..e573fe2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
 	<!-- enable this when the plugin requires Java 11 -->
 	<!--
         <dependencies>