diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index ced7df0a375..4ba45d736a0 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.1</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- exclude protoc generated file from checkstyle validation -->
           <excludes>**/SingerProto.java</excludes>