diff --git a/.idea/bld.xml b/.idea/bld.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6600cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/bld.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="BldConfiguration">
+    <events />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bb407c..452ceee 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, 17, 0)));
+scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 18, 0)));
 ```
diff --git a/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java b/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java
index f271cb5..7a99782 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, 17, 0)));
+        scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 18, 0)));
 
         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 b75b15d..a3994b6 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ public class CheckstyleOperationBuild extends Project {
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 0, 1)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 17, 0)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 3)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 3)))
+                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 18, 0)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 11, 0)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 11, 0)))
                 .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 26, 3)));
         javadocOperation()
                 .javadocOptions()
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperation.java
index 7959d0b..41b72f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperation.java
@@ -284,13 +284,6 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
         return this;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Determines if a string is not blank.
-     */
-    private boolean isNotBlank(String s) {
-        return s != null && !s.isBlank();
-    }
-
     /**
      * This option is used to print the Parse Tree of the Javadoc comment. The file has to contain only Javadoc comment
      * content excluding '&#47;**' and '*&#47;' at the beginning and at the end respectively. It can only be used on a
@@ -492,4 +485,11 @@ public class CheckstyleOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<CheckstyleOper
         }
         return this;
     }
+
+    /*
+     * Determines if a string is not blank.
+     */
+    private boolean isNotBlank(String s) {
+        return s != null && !s.isBlank();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationTest.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationTest.java
index 578846f..87cd854 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationTest.java
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
         assertThat(tmpFile).exists();
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void executeNoProject() {
-        var op = new CheckstyleOperation();
-        assertThatCode(op::execute).isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
-    }
-
     @Test
     void executeConstructProcessCommandList() {
         var op = new CheckstyleOperation().fromProject(new BaseProject())
@@ -191,6 +185,12 @@ class CheckstyleOperationTest {
         assertThat(op.options().containsKey("-E")).as(REMOVE).isFalse();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void executeNoProject() {
+        var op = new CheckstyleOperation();
+        assertThatCode(op::execute).isInstanceOf(ExitStatusException.class);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void executeSunChecks() throws IOException {
         var tmpFile = File.createTempFile("checkstyle-sun", ".txt");