diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/config/checkstyle.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/config/checkstyle.xml
index 1db4a2f0a7..969f4a51bf 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/config/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/src/config/checkstyle.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 -->
 
 <module name="Checker">
+
+    <property name="cacheFile" value="${checkstyle.cache.file}"/>
+
     <!-- Checks that each Java package has a Javadoc file used for commenting. -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html#JavadocPackage       -->
     <module name="JavadocPackage">
@@ -61,8 +64,6 @@
 
     <module name="TreeWalker">
 
-        <property name="cacheFile" value="${checkstyle.cache.file}"/>
-
         <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
         <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0dd1bed77c..d5b85956a7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <maven-bundle-plugin.version>2.5.0</maven-bundle-plugin.version>
     <lifecycle-mapping.version>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>8.16</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>8.19</checkstyle.version>
     <dependency-check-maven.version>1.4.3</dependency-check-maven.version>
 
     <shell-executable>bash</shell-executable>