diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6c88c01d..bdfab5119 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     <commons.changes.version>3.0.0-M3</commons.changes.version>
     <commons.checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</commons.checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <!-- Checkstyle 9.3 is the version compatible with Java 8 -->
-    <commons.checkstyle.version>9.3</commons.checkstyle.version>
+    <commons.checkstyle.version>10.26.1</commons.checkstyle.version>
     <commons.compiler.version>3.14.0</commons.compiler.version>
     <commons.cyclonedx.version>2.9.1</commons.cyclonedx.version>
     <commons.spdx.version>1.0.2</commons.spdx.version>