diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 012a371bbe..b5e1e22a88 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <surefire.plugin.version>3.5.5</surefire.plugin.version>
 
     <!-- tooling -->
-    <checkstyle.tool.version>13.3.0</checkstyle.tool.version>
+    <checkstyle.tool.version>13.4.0</checkstyle.tool.version>
 
     <!-- testing -->
     <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>