diff --git a/tools/build/setnextversion.sh b/tools/build/setnextversion.sh
index 122ee3fd4df..4136304c491 100755
--- a/tools/build/setnextversion.sh
+++ b/tools/build/setnextversion.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ echo "found $currentversion"
 echo 'setting version numbers'
 mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$version -P vmware -P developer -P systemvm -P simulator -P baremetal -P ucs -Dnoredist
 mv deps/XenServerJava/pom.xml.versionsBackup deps/XenServerJava/pom.xml
-perl -pi -e "s/-SNAPSHOT//" tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
+perl -pi -e "s/$currentversion/$version/" tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
 perl -pi -e "s/$currentversion/$version/" deps/XenServerJava/pom.xml
 perl -pi -e "s/$currentversion/$version/" tools/apidoc/pom.xml
 git clean -f
diff --git a/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml b/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
index 04a758a180b..b35a342daff 100644
--- a/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/checkstyle/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <name>Apache CloudStack Developer Tools - Checkstyle Configuration</name>
     <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
     <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.0</version>
+    <version>4.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <build>
       <plugins>
         <plugin>