diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 592bf0530..a8bd47b21 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         <version.protobuf.plugin>0.6.1</version.protobuf.plugin>
 
         <version.infinispan.checkstyle>15.0.10.Final</version.infinispan.checkstyle>
-        <version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>10.20.2</version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>
+        <version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>10.21.0</version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>
         <version.junit>4.13.2</version.junit>
         <version.compile-testing>0.21</version.compile-testing>
         <version.mockito>5.14.2</version.mockito>