diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3482d473f0..48b5a14444 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
           <dependencies>
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
               <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-              <version>6.15</version>
+              <version>8.4</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
           <executions>