diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60f0fbd..05727c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
-        <checkstyle.version>10.20.2</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>10.21.0</checkstyle.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>