diff --git a/depclean-core/pom.xml b/depclean-core/pom.xml
index 4a3d1822..407a7e3f 100644
--- a/depclean-core/pom.xml
+++ b/depclean-core/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.41</version>
+            <version>10.21.4</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>
diff --git a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a3950a93..929bdd56 100644
--- a/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/depclean-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.41</version>
+            <version>10.21.4</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>