diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 617e0c36a93a..f13cf15af4a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2786,7 +2786,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
+          <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
           <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
           <sourceDirectories>
             <directory>${basedir}/src/main/java</directory>