diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index f53fd982..cbb07e4b 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <org.mapstruct.version>1.6.3</org.mapstruct.version>
     <fmt-maven-plugin.version>2.13</fmt-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-    <puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>10.20.1</puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>
+    <puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>12.1.2</puppycrawl-tools-checkstyle.version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.8.6.6</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.8.6</spotbugs.version>
     <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.5.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>