diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/JavaConventions.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/JavaConventions.java
index 706d517297e..6f13a5fbbac 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/JavaConventions.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/JavaConventions.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class JavaConventions {
 		project.getTasks().withType(Format.class, (Format) -> Format.setEncoding("UTF-8"));
 		project.getPlugins().apply(CheckstylePlugin.class);
 		CheckstyleExtension checkstyle = project.getExtensions().getByType(CheckstyleExtension.class);
-		checkstyle.setToolVersion("8.45.1");
+		checkstyle.setToolVersion("10.12.4");
 		checkstyle.getConfigDirectory().set(project.getRootProject().file("src/checkstyle"));
 		String version = SpringJavaFormatPlugin.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
 		DependencySet checkstyleDependencies = project.getConfigurations().getByName("checkstyle").getDependencies();