diff --git a/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml b/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
index e76fac81..c0f9870f 100644
--- a/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/SilkSpawners/pom.xml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.43</version>
+            <version>10.16.0</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59c5e4b2..1fe5a58d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>8.43</version>
+            <version>10.16.0</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>