diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c918b55cb..825fd12ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <version.json>20240303</version.json>
 
     <!-- build dependencies -->
-    <version.checkstyle>10.14.0</version.checkstyle>
+    <version.checkstyle>10.16.0</version.checkstyle>
     <version.google-java-format>1.20.0</version.google-java-format>
     <version.maven.checkstyle>3.3.1</version.maven.checkstyle>
     <version.maven.jar>3.4.1</version.maven.jar>