diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 034c91eb..8b05ea21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
         <profile>
             <id>checkstyle</id>
             <properties>
-                <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+                <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
                 <!--  if you update the checkstyle version make sure you update the google_checks.xml inside the repository -->
                 <checkstyle.version>10.13.0</checkstyle.version>
                 <checkstyle.config.path>${basedir}/.github/.checkstyle</checkstyle.config.path>