diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7384d1fcb6..40e7562979 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16</version>
+            <version>2.17</version>
             <dependencies>
                <!-- This was initially done to enforce name on Parameter annotation
                     I've developed a customized check and I needed this jar to deploy the specialized checkstyle -->
diff --git a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
index de64fc26f6..988560131c 100644
--- a/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/activemq5-unit-tests/pom.xml
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16</version>
+            <version>2.17</version>
             <configuration>
                <skip>true</skip>
             </configuration>