diff --git a/xwiki-commons-tools/xwiki-commons-tool-verification-resources/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/xwiki-commons-tools/xwiki-commons-tool-verification-resources/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 2b3c49d49b..b073c98d5e 100644
--- a/xwiki-commons-tools/xwiki-commons-tool-verification-resources/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/xwiki-commons-tools/xwiki-commons-tool-verification-resources/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
     </module>
 
     <module name="JavadocVariable">
-      <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+      <property name="accessModifiers" value="public"/>
     </module>
 
     <module name="JavaNCSS"/>