diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c987c4b0e..4812aa713 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <checkstyle.version>3.1.1</checkstyle.version>
-    <checkstyle.dep.version>8.35</checkstyle.dep.version>
+    <checkstyle.dep.version>8.36</checkstyle.dep.version>
 
     <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-collections</commons.scmPubUrl>