diff --git a/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml b/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml
index 925f858b98..6f7b187ed2 100644
--- a/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-checkstyle-plugin/src/it/MCHECKSTYLE-332_cache-checker/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>6.16</version>
+            <version>8.18</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>