diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c963c2259b..b6ca0528c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<nexus-staging-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-plugin.version>
-		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<checkstyle-rules.version>9.3</checkstyle-rules.version>
 		<asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>2.0.0</asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>
 		<errorprone.version>2.28.0</errorprone.version>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
index dce6e138ce..326248c379 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-samples/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<testcontainers.version>1.19.8</testcontainers.version>
 
 		<!-- Checkstyle versions. Keep in sync with ../pom.xml -->
-		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+		<maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 		<checkstyle-rules.version>9.3</checkstyle-rules.version>
 
 		<!-- App engine plugin version, used to deploy sample apps -->