diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60e5f60..1989fa7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <nifi.nar.plugin.version>1.2.0</nifi.nar.plugin.version>
-    <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>8.18</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
+    <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>8.29</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>3.1.8</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
   </properties>