diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93ac79c..5559987 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2021-08-03T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <!-- plugin and dependency versions -->
-    <version.checkstyle>10.21.0</version.checkstyle>
+    <version.checkstyle>10.21.1</version.checkstyle>
     <version.dropwizard>4.2.29</version.dropwizard>
     <version.jackson>2.18.2</version.jackson>
     <version.jetty>9.4.56.v20240826</version.jetty>