diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 70588b372..bc15beef5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ configure(project.fineractJavaProjects) {
     // Configuration for the Checkstyle plugin
     // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/checkstyle_plugin.html
     dependencies {
-        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.38'
+        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.39'
         checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.38.0'
     }