diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index efa6e7a..52b83b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <target.jdk>1.7</target.jdk>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <checkstyle.version>6.6</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>8.18</checkstyle.version>
 
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-dependency-plugin.version>2.10</maven-dependency-plugin.version>