The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 2.17. https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.17</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.17 ** Bug * [MCHECKSTYLE-302] - Using inline configuration does not work with Maven 2.2.1 * [MCHECKSTYLE-304] - Using inline configuration, checkstyle-checker.xml is generated using DTD v1.2 * [MCHECKSTYLE-310] - Parrallel build failing with various errors * [MCHECKSTYLE-311] - "mvn clean site -Preporting" fails with Could not find resource 'config/maven_checks.xml' ** Improvement * [MCHECKSTYLE-291] - Change format of violation message * [MCHECKSTYLE-293] - Update to use non deprecated method Checker.setClassLoader() ** Task * [MCHECKSTYLE-307] - Upgrade to Checkstyle 6.11 * [MCHECKSTYLE-313] - Upgrade to Checkstyle 6.11.2 Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team