diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0f76bb0..42f78c92 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       <!-- enables https://github.com/timgifford/maven-buildtime-extension -->
       <buildtime.output.log>true</buildtime.output.log>
 
-      <checkstyle.version>10.20.1</checkstyle.version>
+      <checkstyle.version>10.20.2</checkstyle.version>
       <checkstyle.skip>false</checkstyle.skip>
       <checkstyle.sevntu-checks.version>1.44.1</checkstyle.sevntu-checks.version>
       <checkstyle.violation-severity>warning</checkstyle.violation-severity>