diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5c9d8f..5c317d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>2.8.2</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
 
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <checkstyle.version>7.7</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>7.8</checkstyle.version>
         <sevntu.version>1.24.0</sevntu.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <assertj.version>3.8.0</assertj.version>