diff --git a/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml b/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
index e8af154dbdc..c5a06fd6134 100644
--- a/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <name>Apache CloudStack Developer Tools - Checkstyle Configuration</name>
     <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
     <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-    <version>4.15.0.0</version>
+    <version>4.16.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>