diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7bcce1c5..f100ca26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>12.1.0</version>
+								<version>12.3.1</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
diff --git a/spring-data-eclipse-store/pom.xml b/spring-data-eclipse-store/pom.xml
index 87c20c47..23fbb18e 100644
--- a/spring-data-eclipse-store/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-eclipse-store/pom.xml
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>12.1.0</version>
+								<version>12.3.1</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>