diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 261292d5b6cdeca004cc3c112b2cdfe719ac9d24..bcc2f57f1af5dbc533977c3019c8965144824120 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.scalastyle</groupId>
         <artifactId>scalastyle-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.4.0</version>
+        <version>0.7.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <verbose>false</verbose>
           <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
@@ -1456,13 +1456,12 @@
           <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/scala</sourceDirectory>
           <testSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/scala</testSourceDirectory>
           <configLocation>scalastyle-config.xml</configLocation>
-          <outputFile>scalastyle-output.xml</outputFile>
+          <outputFile>${basedir}/target/scalastyle-output.xml</outputFile>
           <inputEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</inputEncoding>
           <outputEncoding>${project.reporting.outputEncoding}</outputEncoding>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
             <goals>
               <goal>check</goal>
             </goals>