diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5397d38f2..a75e263282 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
     <commons.jira.pid>12310465</commons.jira.pid>
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>3.2.0</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.dep.version>9.3</checkstyle.dep.version>
 
     <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>