diff --git a/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml b/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
index 78654cfa..61192ccd 100644
--- a/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.43</version>
+            <version>10.12.3</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4eaeffe..c490033a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.43</version>
+            <version>10.12.3</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>