diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b040278..8db118e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
     <properties>
         <aas4j.version>1.0.3</aas4j.version>
-        <checkstyle.version>10.18.2</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>10.20.2</checkstyle.version>
         <faaast.service.version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</faaast.service.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <logback.version>1.5.8</logback.version>