diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c57ae12b9..006efc29b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
 
         <!-- CheckStyle Maven Plugin -->
-        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>9.3</puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>
         <spotless.version>2.44.5</spotless.version>