Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master'
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff48fa5..7902a18 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <commons.jira.id>JEXL</commons.jira.id>
         <commons.jira.pid>12310479</commons.jira.pid>
         <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.plugin.version>
-        <checksyle.version>8.41.1</checksyle.version>
+        <checksyle.version>8.42</checksyle.version>
 
         <!-- override of Jacoco properties defined in CP52 -->
         <commons.jacoco.version>0.8.6</commons.jacoco.version>
diff --git a/src/main/config/checkstyle.xml b/src/main/config/checkstyle.xml
index 13a8ced..2af2a52 100644
--- a/src/main/config/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/src/main/config/checkstyle.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <module name="EmptyCatchBlock"></module>
 
     <module name="JavadocMethod">
-      <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+      <property name="accessModifiers" value="public"/>
       <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
     </module>