diff --git a/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml b/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml
index 93a50aefb37..a77d89e9c9f 100644
--- a/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 <name>HBase - Checkstyle</name>
 <description>Module to hold Checkstyle properties for HBase.</description>
 
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+    <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
 <build>
   <plugins>