diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fab8dafa..a44f9f45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <mockito.version>4.10.0</mockito.version>
     <maven.resources.version>3.4.0</maven.resources.version>
     <pmd.version>7.19.0</pmd.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>10.26.1</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>12.3.0</checkstyle.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.9.8</spotbugs.version>
     <maven.core.version>3.9.12</maven.core.version>
     <maven.plugin.api.version>3.9.12</maven.plugin.api.version>
diff --git a/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/CheckstyleChecker.java b/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/CheckstyleChecker.java
index e7e83db8..c7ce56b0 100644
--- a/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/CheckstyleChecker.java
+++ b/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/CheckstyleChecker.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
         checkstylePlugins.add(dependency("org.openhab.tools.sat.custom-checks", "checkstyle", plugin.getVersion()));
         // Maven may load an older version, if no version is specified
-        checkstylePlugins.add(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", "10.26.1"));
+        checkstylePlugins.add(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", "12.3.0"));
         checkstylePlugins.forEach(logDependency());
 
         String baseDir = mavenProject.getBasedir().toString();