diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66b23b51f6..24210f728b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
 
     <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.1</checkstyle.plugin.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>8.39</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>10.5.0</checkstyle.version>
 
     <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.2.0</spotbugs.plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.impl.version>4.2.0</spotbugs.impl.version>