diff --git a/hbase-checkstyle/src/main/resources/hbase/checkstyle.xml b/hbase-checkstyle/src/main/resources/hbase/checkstyle.xml
index fd5ced8a54fa..dc5da8282569 100644
--- a/hbase-checkstyle/src/main/resources/hbase/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/hbase-checkstyle/src/main/resources/hbase/checkstyle.xml
@@ -122,12 +122,6 @@
       <property name="lineWrappingIndentation" value="2"/>
     </module>
 
-    <!-- Size Violation Checks
-    http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_sizes.html -->
-    <module name="LineLength">
-      <property name="max" value="100"/>
-      <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://|org.apache.thrift.|com.google.protobuf.|hbase.protobuf.generated"/>
-    </module>
     <module name="MethodLength"/>
 
     <!-- Whitespace Checks
@@ -138,4 +132,11 @@
     <!-- Make the @SuppressWarnings annotations available to Checkstyle -->
     <module name="SuppressWarningsHolder"/>
   </module>
+
+  <!-- Size Violation Checks
+  http://checkstyle.sourceforge.net/config_sizes.html -->
+  <module name="LineLength">
+    <property name="max" value="100"/>
+    <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://|org.apache.thrift.|com.google.protobuf.|hbase.protobuf.generated"/>
+  </module>
 </module>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e9351f6f534..615481881a86 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@
     <asciidoctorj.pdf.version>1.5.0-alpha.15</asciidoctorj.pdf.version>
     <build.helper.maven.version>3.0.0</build.helper.maven.version>
     <buildnumber.maven.version>1.4</buildnumber.maven.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>8.11</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>8.28</checkstyle.version>
     <exec.maven.version>1.6.0</exec.maven.version>
     <error-prone.version>2.3.3</error-prone.version>
     <findbugs-annotations>1.3.9-1</findbugs-annotations>
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@
     <lifecycle.mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle.mapping.version>
     <maven.antrun.version>1.8</maven.antrun.version>
     <maven.bundle.version>3.3.0</maven.bundle.version>
-    <maven.checkstyle.version>3.0.0</maven.checkstyle.version>
+    <maven.checkstyle.version>3.1.0</maven.checkstyle.version>
     <maven.eclipse.version>2.10</maven.eclipse.version>
     <maven.warbucks.version>1.1.0</maven.warbucks.version>
     <maven.project.info.report.version>2.9</maven.project.info.report.version>