diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6370adfd..011235c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <version.org.wildfly.extras.creaper>1.6.1</version.org.wildfly.extras.creaper>
     <version.org.jgrapht>0.9.1</version.org.jgrapht>
     <version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-checkstyle-plugin>2.17</version.org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-checkstyle-plugin>
-    <version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>RELEASE</version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>
+    <version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>8.29</version.com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle>
     <test.included.category></test.included.category>
     <test.excluded.category></test.excluded.category>
   </properties>