diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 46bdf94cb38..108397716bd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 checkstyle {
-    toolVersion = '8.29'
+    toolVersion = '10.2'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 4c001417aea..8444b3590cf 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
     <!-- Checks that every public method (excluding getters, setters and constructors) has a header comment. -->
     <module name="JavadocMethod">
       <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test, BeforeAll, BeforeEach, AfterAll, AfterEach, Subscribe"/>
-      <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+      <property name="accessModifiers" value="public"/>
       <property name="validateThrows" value="false"/>
       <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
       <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>