diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 768ae876319..3d6087841d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <inrupt.rdf.wrapping.version>0.4.0</inrupt.rdf.wrapping.version>
 
     <!-- plugins -->
-    <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.2.2</checkstyle.plugin.version>
+    <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.3.0</checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <clean.plugin.version>3.2.0</clean.plugin.version>
     <compiler.plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler.plugin.version>
     <deploy.plugin.version>3.1.1</deploy.plugin.version>