diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5977c425..e2ab7c910 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <commons.build-helper.version>3.6.0</commons.build-helper.version>
     <commons.build-plugin.version>1.14.0</commons.build-plugin.version>
     <commons.changes.version>2.12.1</commons.changes.version>
-    <commons.checkstyle-plugin.version>3.5.0</commons.checkstyle-plugin.version>
+    <commons.checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</commons.checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <!-- Checkstyle 9.3 is the version compatible with Java 8 -->
     <commons.checkstyle.version>9.3</commons.checkstyle.version>
     <commons.compiler.version>3.13.0</commons.compiler.version>