diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index 3ca46ba40..fb6aaf020 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                     <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>