diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d70edaf..da48bcd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 
-        <checkstyle.version>10.20.2</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>10.21.0</checkstyle.version>
         <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
         <junit.version>5.11.3</junit.version>