diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index dfcfa6f6..953ef880 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
         <module name="JavadocType"/>
         <module name="JavadocVariable">
             <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
-            <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+            <property name="accessModifiers" value="public"/>
         </module>
         <module name="MissingJavadocType">
             <property name="scope" value="protected"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 983c3f77..4832d038 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
                         <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-                        <version>10.21.4</version>
+                        <version>10.22.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
                 <executions>