diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 985bfaca9..dfd273906 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     <commons.changes.version>2.12.1</commons.changes.version>
     <commons.checkstyle-plugin.version>3.3.1</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>10.16.0</commons.checkstyle.version>
     <commons.cobertura.version>2.7</commons.cobertura.version>
     <commons.compiler.version>3.13.0</commons.compiler.version>
     <commons.cyclonedx.version>2.8.0</commons.cyclonedx.version>