diff --git a/resources/checkstyle.xml b/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 0266117d89..c30943d8e1 100644
--- a/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     <module name="TreeWalker">
         <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
+        <module name="IllegalInstantiation">
+            <property name="classes" value="java.lang.Boolean,java.lang.Short,java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Long"/>
+        </module>
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