diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3699b8afef..13b5217f60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 		<nexus-staging-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-plugin.version>
-		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<checkstyle-rules.version>9.3</checkstyle-rules.version>
 		<asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>2.0.0</asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>
 		<native-maven-plugin.version>0.10.3</native-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
index 44cf2e2fdc..48849056a8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/..</main.basedir>
 
 		<!-- Checkstyle versions. Keep in sync with ../pom.xml -->
-		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<checkstyle-rules.version>9.3</checkstyle-rules.version>
 
 		<!-- App engine plugin version, used to deploy sample apps -->