diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0a34ac4..9723700 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 4.0.0
 -----
 
+* Upgrade to `maven-checkstyle-plugin` 3.0.0
 * Change ruleset groupId/artifactId to `net.kemitix.checkstyle/ruleset`
 * Add maven-tile `net.kemitix.checkstyle:tile`
 * \[bug] update the ruleset files
diff --git a/builder/pom.xml b/builder/pom.xml
index 49db606..a18c11a 100644
--- a/builder/pom.xml
+++ b/builder/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
         <mockito.version>2.13.0</mockito.version>
         <assertj.version>3.9.0</assertj.version>
 
-        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-        <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>3.4.0</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>
+        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>${project.version}</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>
         <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>5-complexity</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>
         <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.location>net/kemitix/checkstyle-${kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level}.xml</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.location>
     </properties>
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@
                         <version>${sevntu.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
-                        <groupId>net.kemitix</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>net.kemitix.checkstyle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>ruleset</artifactId>
                         <version>${kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
diff --git a/regressions/pom.xml b/regressions/pom.xml
index a8b1acd..9fdf0d5 100644
--- a/regressions/pom.xml
+++ b/regressions/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,14 @@
         <tiles-maven-plugin.version>2.10</tiles-maven-plugin.version>
         <kemitix-tiles.version>0.2.0</kemitix-tiles.version>
 
+        <checkstyle.version>8.6</checkstyle.version>
+        <sevntu.version>1.26.0</sevntu.version>
+        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>${project.version}</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>
+        <!--<kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>5-complexity</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>-->
         <!-- use the disabled ruleset for normal builds. comment out the following line to check that conditions are caught -->
-        <ruleset.level>0-disabled</ruleset.level>
+        <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>0-disabled</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>
+        <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.location>net/kemitix/checkstyle-${kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level}.xml</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.location>
         <digraph-dependency.basePackage>net.kemitix.checkstyle.regressions</digraph-dependency.basePackage>
         <pitest.skip>true</pitest.skip>
         <immutables-value.version>2.5.6</immutables-value.version>
@@ -44,10 +50,44 @@
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <tiles>
-                        <tile>net.kemitix.tiles:checkstyle-tile:${kemitix-tiles.version}</tile>
+                        <tile>net.kemitix.tiles:maven-plugins-tile:${kemitix-tiles.version}</tile>
+                        <tile>net.kemitix.tiles:compiler-tile:${kemitix-tiles.version}</tile>
                     </tiles>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-checkstyle-plugin.version}</version>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
+                        <version>${checkstyle.version}</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>com.github.sevntu-checkstyle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>sevntu-checkstyle-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${sevntu.version}</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>net.kemitix.checkstyle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>ruleset</artifactId>
+                        <version>${kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version}</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+                <configuration>
+                    <configLocation>${kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.location}</configLocation>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/ruleset/pom.xml b/ruleset/pom.xml
index ec0d9d8..591f02d 100644
--- a/ruleset/pom.xml
+++ b/ruleset/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <properties>
         <tiles-maven-plugin.version>2.10</tiles-maven-plugin.version>
         <kemitix-tiles.version>0.2.0</kemitix-tiles.version>
+        <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.0.2</maven-resources-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -62,6 +63,14 @@
                     </tiles>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-resources-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/tile/pom.xml b/tile/pom.xml
index 3760fd3..f27b587 100644
--- a/tile/pom.xml
+++ b/tile/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <tiles-maven-plugin.version>2.10</tiles-maven-plugin.version>
+        <kemitix-tiles.version>0.2.0</kemitix-tiles.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -27,6 +28,12 @@
                 <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${tiles-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <tiles>
+                        <tile>net.kemitix.tiles:maven-plugins-tile:${kemitix-tiles.version}</tile>
+                        <tile>net.kemitix.tiles:release-tile:${kemitix-tiles.version}</tile>
+                    </tiles>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/tile/tile.xml b/tile/tile.xml
index 5bbca56..f87d3e6 100644
--- a/tile/tile.xml
+++ b/tile/tile.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <project>
     <properties>
-        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+        <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <checkstyle.version>8.6</checkstyle.version>
         <sevntu.version>1.26.0</sevntu.version>
-        <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>3.4.0</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>
+        <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>4.0.0</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version>
         <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>5-complexity</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level>
         <kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.location>net/kemitix/checkstyle-${kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.level}.xml</kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.location>
     </properties>
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
                         <version>${sevntu.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
-                        <groupId>net.kemitix</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>net.kemitix.checkstyle</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>ruleset</artifactId>
                         <version>${kemitix.checkstyle.ruleset.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>