diff --git a/microstream-afs-ibm-cos-demo/pom.xml b/microstream-afs-ibm-cos-demo/pom.xml
index da00294..ab62ecb 100644
--- a/microstream-afs-ibm-cos-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/microstream-afs-ibm-cos-demo/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>10.15.0</version>
+								<version>10.16.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
diff --git a/microstream-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml b/microstream-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml
index 99861d0..12bd062 100644
--- a/microstream-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml
+++ b/microstream-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>10.15.0</version>
+								<version>10.16.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>