diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5397d38f2..c2b221a005 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <checkstyle.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.version>
-    <checkstyle.dep.version>9.3</checkstyle.dep.version>
+    <checkstyle.dep.version>10.8.0</checkstyle.dep.version>
 
     <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-collections</commons.scmPubUrl>