diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 067086c24..c61a9fbb1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 
-		<checkstyle.version>8.16</checkstyle.version>
+		<checkstyle.version>8.18</checkstyle.version>
 		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<neo4j.ogm.version>3.1.7</neo4j.ogm.version>
 		<springdata.commons>2.1.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>