diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5130665..07d04ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@
                             <version>${sevntu-checkstyle-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+                        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                        <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+                        <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
+                        <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
+                        <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
+                    </configuration>
                 </plugin><!-- maven-checkstyle-plugin -->
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -217,16 +225,9 @@
                     <execution>
                         <id>validate</id>
                         <phase>validate</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-                            <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                            <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
-                            <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
-                            <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
-                            <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
-                        </configuration>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>check</goal>
+                            <goal>checkstyle</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>