diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be2eec8c0f9..eab8eb27637 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2997,7 +2997,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.13</version>
+        <version>2.16</version>
         <configuration>
           <excludes>target/**</excludes>
           <configLocation>hbase/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>