diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 788aad0f347aa..287c56b4fb197 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ versions += [
   apacheds: "2.0.0-M24",
   argparse4j: "0.7.0",
   bcpkix: "1.66",
-  checkstyle: "8.36.2",
+  checkstyle: "8.42",
   commonsCli: "1.4",
   gradle: "6.8.3",
   grgit: "4.1.0",