diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0037850dd4fd8218847134c6594f78a4aea37144..4fa9e788b0d5710158de5df001f10d67a5e7d1b8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ checkstyle:
   tags:
     - maven
   cache: *maven_cache
+  allow_failure: true
   script:
-    - mvn -B checkstyle:checkstyle
+    - mvn -B checkstyle:check
 
 compile:
   stage: build