diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93d3b9389..13f1dccd1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
     <tools.jar.version>1.7.0</tools.jar.version>
     <tools.jar.path>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</tools.jar.path>
     <java.version>1.7</java.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>6.17</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>6.18</checkstyle.version>
   </properties>
 
   <!-- that repositories are required for testing plugin's snapshot version -->