diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb696df..a4344dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-08-03T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <!-- plugin and dependency versions -->
-    <version.checkstyle>10.17.0</version.checkstyle>
+    <version.checkstyle>10.18.0</version.checkstyle>
     <version.dropwizard>4.2.27</version.dropwizard>
     <version.jackson>2.17.2</version.jackson>
     <version.jetty>9.4.55.v20240627</version.jetty>