diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66656fb12..d8b3981a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -709,6 +709,13 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.2</version>
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>plexus-velocity</artifactId>
+                            <version>1.1.3</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>