diff --git a/checkstyle/project.xml b/checkstyle/project.xml
index a1da764d..dd1e71ef 100644
--- a/checkstyle/project.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/project.xml
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
       <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0-beta1</version>
+      <version>4.0-beta3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>checkstyle</groupId>
       <artifactId>checkstyle-optional</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0-beta1</version>
+      <version>4.0-beta3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>regexp</groupId>