diff --git a/F-Droid/build.gradle b/F-Droid/build.gradle
index c5395519e..2e5994630 100644
--- a/F-Droid/build.gradle
+++ b/F-Droid/build.gradle
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = '6.12.1'
+}
+
 task checkstyle(type: Checkstyle) {
     configFile file("${project.rootDir}/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml")
     source 'src', 'test/src'
diff --git a/Privileged-Extension/build.gradle b/Privileged-Extension/build.gradle
index 030876770..60d3525a3 100644
--- a/Privileged-Extension/build.gradle
+++ b/Privileged-Extension/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ android {
 
 }
 
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = '6.12.1'
+}
+
 task checkstyle(type: Checkstyle) {
     configFile file("${project.rootDir}/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml")
     source 'src'