diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a31a31..44ae720 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ not provided by the extension. For example:
 
 ```java
 repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL);
-scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 2)));
+scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 3)));
 ```
diff --git a/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java b/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java
index b516277..70bda22 100644
--- a/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java
+++ b/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ExamplesBuild extends BaseProject {
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL);
 
-        scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 2)));
+        scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 3)));
 
         testOperation().mainClass("com.example.ExamplesTest");
     }
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
index e4fa6f3..3879e5e 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class CheckstyleOperationBuild extends Project {
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 2, 0)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 2)))
+                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 3)))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 12, 0)))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 12, 0)))
                 .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 27, 3)));