diff --git a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/.classpath b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/.classpath
index 38ea89a6c..6d8a1e553 100644
--- a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/.classpath
+++ b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="checkstyle-13.4.1-all.jar" sourcepath="checkstyle-checkstyle-13.4.1.zip"/>
+	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="checkstyle-13.4.2-all.jar" sourcepath="checkstyle-checkstyle-13.4.2.zip"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-21">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="module" value="true"/>
diff --git a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 4329cbe5c..6bcb42d5a 100644
--- a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ Export-Package: .,
  org.codehaus.plexus.util
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime
 Bundle-ClassPath: .,
- checkstyle-13.4.1-all.jar
+ checkstyle-13.4.2-all.jar
 Automatic-Module-Name: net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle
diff --git a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/build.properties b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/build.properties
index 507e17a5c..bb92f91ef 100644
--- a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/build.properties
+++ b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/build.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bin.includes = META-INF/,\
                .,\
                license/,\
-               checkstyle-13.4.1-all.jar,\
+               checkstyle-13.4.2-all.jar,\
                OSGI-INF/
 jars.compile.order = .
 source.. = metadata/
diff --git a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/checkstyle-13.4.1-all.jar b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/checkstyle-13.4.2-all.jar
similarity index 94%
rename from net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/checkstyle-13.4.1-all.jar
rename to net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/checkstyle-13.4.2-all.jar
index 9d5aea72f..beffd7110 100644
Binary files a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/checkstyle-13.4.1-all.jar and b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/checkstyle-13.4.2-all.jar differ
diff --git a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/pom.xml b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/pom.xml
index 458f881d1..26cb3aa57 100644
--- a/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/net.sf.eclipsecs.checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <name>Checkstyle Core Library Plugin</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <checkstyle.version>13.4.1</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>13.4.2</checkstyle.version>
     </properties>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/upgrade-version.build.xml b/upgrade-version.build.xml
index ac58d6e8c..88f430792 100644
--- a/upgrade-version.build.xml
+++ b/upgrade-version.build.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Apply all necessary manual code changes now.
 	<description>upgrade all version numbers</description>
 
 	<target name="upgrade-version" description="upgrade version numbers and dependent files">
-		<property name="fromVersion" value="13.4.0"/>
-		<property name="toVersion" value="13.4.1"/>
+		<property name="fromVersion" value="13.4.1"/>
+		<property name="toVersion" value="13.4.2"/>
 
 		<!-- delete all outdated files, independent of their current version -->
 		<delete>