diff --git a/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples-sdn6/pom.xml b/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples-sdn6/pom.xml
index 00e301d89f..933af854e4 100644
--- a/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples-sdn6/pom.xml
+++ b/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples/neo4j-cypher-dsl-examples-sdn6/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	<description>Example how to use the SDN 6 code generator.</description>
 
 	<properties>
-		<checkstyle.version>10.20.2</checkstyle.version>
+		<checkstyle.version>10.21.0</checkstyle.version>
 		<java-module-name>org.neo4j.cypherdsl.examples.sdn6</java-module-name>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<license-maven-plugin.version>4.6</license-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9079ba49e..aaadc187ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 		<cglib.version>3.3.0</cglib.version>
 		<changelist>-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
 		<checker-qual.version>3.48.3</checker-qual.version>
-		<checkstyle.version>10.20.2</checkstyle.version>
+		<checkstyle.version>10.21.0</checkstyle.version>
 		<compile-testing.version>0.21.0</compile-testing.version>
 		<covered-ratio-complexity>0.75</covered-ratio-complexity>
 		<covered-ratio-instructions>0.75</covered-ratio-instructions>