diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7bff19889..3e06ff47d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ configure(project.fineractJavaProjects) {
     // Configuration for the Checkstyle plugin
     // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/checkstyle_plugin.html
     dependencies {
-        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.45.1'
+        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:9.0'
         checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.40.0'
     }