diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8923280..965c3da 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ You should have the following things installed:
 * Maven (Note that the [Maven Wrapper](https://maven.apache.org/wrapper/) is shipped with the repo)
 
 ### Recommended setup
-* Install ``IntelliJ`` (Community Edition is sufficient)
-  * Install the following plugins:
-    * [Save Actions](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/22113) - Provides save actions, like running the formatter or adding ``final`` to fields
-    * [SonarLint](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint) - CodeStyle/CodeAnalysis
-      * You may consider disabling telemetry in the settings under ``Tools > Sonarlint -> About``
-    * [Checkstyle-IDEA](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/1065-checkstyle-idea) - CodeStyle/CodeAnalysis
+* Install `IntelliJ`
+  * Recommended setup actions
+    * Disable not needed plugins
+    * Disable [telemetry](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/settings-usage-statistics.html)
+    * Configure the available memory
   * Import the project
-  * Ensure that everything is encoded in ``UTF-8``
+  * You will get prompted to install the required plugins
+  * Ensure that everything is encoded in `UTF-8`
   * Ensure that the JDK/Java-Version is correct
 
 
diff --git a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
index 958e604..52c4128 100644
--- a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
+++ b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>13.7.0</version>
+								<version>13.8.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3d915b..76f015d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>13.7.0</version>
+								<version>13.8.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>