diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkstyle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkstyle/default.nix
index 91037588552c..6043e2d289d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkstyle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/checkstyle/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "6.19";
+  version = "8.8";
   name = "checkstyle-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/checkstyle/${name}-bin.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0x899i5yamwyhv7wgii80fv5hl8bdq0b8wlx1f789l85ik8rjwk9";
+    sha256 = "0yawd6mbz6cqj0qlrh01vy33p30f4s3pfrvsxwg5l11p416zzrz4";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''