diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d6730bb..7d1dbbb5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <plugin.javax_xml_bind.version>2.3.1</plugin.javax_xml_bind.version>
         <plugin.git_commit_id.version>8.0.2</plugin.git_commit_id.version>
         <plugin.rdf4j_generator.version>0.2.0</plugin.rdf4j_generator.version>
-        <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.3.1</plugin.checkstyle.version>
+        <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.4.0</plugin.checkstyle.version>
         <plugin.spotbugs.version>4.8.5.0</plugin.spotbugs.version>
     </properties>