diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 865a5392c..eab51591a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.2.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
 
-        <checkstyle.version>8.44</checkstyle.version> <!-- Property for Checkstyle's regression CI - see issue 216 -->
+        <checkstyle.version>8.45</checkstyle.version> <!-- Property for Checkstyle's regression CI - see issue 216 -->
         <checkstyle.maven.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.maven.version>
         <checkstyle.config>project/checkstyle-config.xml</checkstyle.config>