diff --git a/buildSrc/gradle.properties b/buildSrc/gradle.properties
index 6633e42fd2c..00c79c3db0f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/gradle.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-javaFormatVersion=0.0.19
\ No newline at end of file
+javaFormatVersion=0.0.20
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/ConventionsPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/ConventionsPlugin.java
index 948f35f0cdd..b1993b0cc6c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/ConventionsPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/ConventionsPlugin.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class ConventionsPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		project.getTasks().withType(FormatTask.class, (formatTask) -> formatTask.setEncoding("UTF-8"));
 		project.getPlugins().apply(CheckstylePlugin.class);
 		CheckstyleExtension checkstyle = project.getExtensions().getByType(CheckstyleExtension.class);
-		checkstyle.setToolVersion("8.22");
+		checkstyle.setToolVersion("8.29");
 		checkstyle.getConfigDirectory().set(project.getRootProject().file("src/checkstyle"));
 		String version = SpringJavaFormatPlugin.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
 		DependencySet checkstyleDependencies = project.getConfigurations().getByName("checkstyle").getDependencies();