diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f43a98f0..56c6d27ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.9.1</version>
+        <version>3.9.4
+        </version>
         <dependencies>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>