diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 73b55406d4..4721a2fdcd 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
-    "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.2//EN"
-    "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
+    "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+    "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
 
 <module name="Checker">
     <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a93e7e2ec4..ec2f8812cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-            <version>7.3</version>
+            <version>7.7</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <configuration>