diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec426158..d8f56669 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <package.buildTime>${maven.build.timestamp}</package.buildTime>
 
         <!-- tooling -->
-        <checkstyle.tool.version>10.18.0</checkstyle.tool.version>
+        <checkstyle.tool.version>10.18.1</checkstyle.tool.version>
         <sonar.organization>solid-contrib</sonar.organization>
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
         <nvd.api.key />