diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff1cbf3275..4a1a16f481 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>site-content</commons.scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.1</checkstyle.plugin.version>
+    <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.2.0</spotbugs.plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.impl.version>4.2.0</spotbugs.impl.version>