diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89d00dd4..961cc884 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ CSV files of various types.
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <commons.encoding>UTF-8</commons.encoding>
 
-    <checkstyle.version>2.17</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>3.0.0</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.header.file>${basedir}/LICENSE-header.txt</checkstyle.header.file>
     <checkstyle.resourceExcludes>LICENSE.txt, NOTICE.txt</checkstyle.resourceExcludes>