diff --git a/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml b/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
index 74d5ba0d..1f1c884e 100644
--- a/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.43</version>
+            <version>10.12.5</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84867d03..137be8d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.43</version>
+            <version>10.12.5</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>