diff --git a/tools/checkstyle.properties b/tools/checkstyle.properties
index c72b7e5ba..1ec12d69c 100644
--- a/tools/checkstyle.properties
+++ b/tools/checkstyle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 checkstyle.headerCheck.content=^/\\*\\*$\\n^ \\* Copyright \\(c\\) {0}-{1} by the respective copyright holders\\.$\\n^ \\*$\\n^ \\* All rights reserved\\. This program and the accompanying materials$\\n^ \\* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1\\.0$\\n^ \\* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at$\\n^ \\* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl\\-v10\\.html$
 checkstyle.headerCheck.values=2015,2018 
+checkstyle.pomXmlCheck.currentVersionRegex=^2\.4\.0