diff --git a/flink-runtime/pom.xml b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
index ce29e9760b409..3da7fef4d39b9 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ under the License.
 					<dependency>
 						<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 						<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-						<version>8.4</version>
+						<version>8.29</version>
 					</dependency>
 				</dependencies>
 				<executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b68932efe577..3d7ae4a62fb00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ under the License.
 						<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 						<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
 						<!-- Note: match version with docs/internals/ide_setup.md -->
-						<version>8.4</version>
+						<version>8.29</version>
 					</dependency>
 				</dependencies>
 				<executions>