diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a32ad9c7d..b42f88df3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
 		<bootstrap.version>3.3.7</bootstrap.version>
 		
 		<cglib.version>2.2.2</cglib.version>
-		<checkstyle.plugin.version>2.17</checkstyle.plugin.version>
+		<checkstyle.plugin.version>3.0.0</checkstyle.plugin.version>
 		<clean.plugin.version>3.0.0</clean.plugin.version>
 		<codenarc.plugin.version>0.22-1</codenarc.plugin.version>
 		<codenarc.version>0.27.0</codenarc.version>