diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 168aadbb7e2..75f02b999c4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation "org.testfx:testfx-junit5:4.0.16-alpha"
     testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:2.2"
 
-    checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.8.0'
+    checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.8.1'
     // xjc needs the runtime as well for the ant task, otherwise it fails
     xjc group: 'org.glassfish.jaxb', name: 'jaxb-xjc', version: '3.0.2'
     xjc group: 'org.glassfish.jaxb', name: 'jaxb-runtime', version: '3.0.2'