diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c9a5f1..06d51f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <!-- plugin and dependency versions -->
-    <version.checkstyle>10.12.4</version.checkstyle>
+    <version.checkstyle>10.12.5</version.checkstyle>
     <version.dropwizard>4.2.21</version.dropwizard>
     <version.jackson>2.15.3</version.jackson>
     <version.jetty>9.4.53.v20231009</version.jetty>