diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3c2ba681..97c11beb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <commons.encoding>UTF-8</commons.encoding>
 
-    <commons.checkstyle.version>9.3</commons.checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.header.file>${basedir}/src/site/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle-header.txt</checkstyle.header.file>
     <checkstyle.config.file>${basedir}/src/site/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</checkstyle.config.file>
     <checkstyle.suppress.file>${basedir}/src/site/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</checkstyle.suppress.file>