diff --git a/pgjdbc/pom.xml b/pgjdbc/pom.xml
index 03a609125511181be8eb6dba623140d87abf3aba..fc18042357e2da14c2ce600a76bcdeb8fc006e33 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/pgjdbc/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <jdbc.specification.version>4.2</jdbc.specification.version>
     <jdbc.specification.version.nodot>42</jdbc.specification.version.nodot>
     <skip.assembly>false</skip.assembly>
-    <checkstyle.version>8.5</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>8.29</checkstyle.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>