diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54a24570b5..42edccea20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
             overridden by a CI job of the Checkstyle project so that they can
             check for regressions. Which is obviously good for us, too.
          -->
-        <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>10.21.0</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
+        <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>10.21.1</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
 
         <!-- Asciidoctor -->