diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index ca1a316..84fedb5 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ limitations under the License.
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>