diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22b7b4d..010deee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
          </resource>
       </resources>
       <plugins>
-      <plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId><version>3.3.1</version>
+      <plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId><version>3.6.0</version>
          <dependencies><dependency><groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId><artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId><version>10.12.6</version></dependency></dependencies>
          <configuration><configLocation>checkstyle/config.xml</configLocation><includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory><consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput><violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity><failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation></configuration>
          <executions><execution><phase>validate</phase><goals><goal>check</goal></goals></execution></executions>