diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb3e6f0c..c01affaa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ CSV files of various types.
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <commons.encoding>UTF-8</commons.encoding>
 
-    <checkstyle.version>2.16</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>2.17</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.header.file>${basedir}/LICENSE-header.txt</checkstyle.header.file>
     <checkstyle.resourceExcludes>LICENSE.txt, NOTICE.txt</checkstyle.resourceExcludes>
   </properties>