diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c925881e63..9712db19615 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <surefire.plugin.version>3.5.6</surefire.plugin.version>
 
     <!-- tooling -->
-    <checkstyle.tool.version>13.5.0</checkstyle.tool.version>
+    <checkstyle.tool.version>13.6.0</checkstyle.tool.version>
 
     <!-- testing -->
     <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>