diff --git a/api-tests/pom.xml b/api-tests/pom.xml
index c5ccd749..06ef819f 100644
--- a/api-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/api-tests/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <pact.jvm.consumer.version>4.0.10</pact.jvm.consumer.version>
     <pact.jvm.provider.junit.version>4.0.10</pact.jvm.provider.junit.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.9.4</spotbugs.version>
-    <puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>10.20.2</puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>
+    <puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>12.1.1</puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.13.4</junit-jupiter.version>
     <freemarker.version>2.3.34</freemarker.version>
     <assertj.core.version>3.27.4</assertj.core.version>