diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d124917d2..2fc67556f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <version.json>20201115</version.json>
 
     <!-- build dependencies -->
-    <version.checkstyle>8.39</version.checkstyle>
+    <version.checkstyle>8.40</version.checkstyle>
     <version.maven.checkstyle>3.1.1</version.maven.checkstyle>
     <version.maven.jar>3.2.0</version.maven.jar>
     <version.maven.compiler>3.8.1</version.maven.compiler>