diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 260d30c91..748fdb197 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Changed
 - updated project java version 11
+- updated `detekt` from `1.18.0` to `1.20.0`
 
 ## [0.19.5]
 ### Changed 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 55161d172..bf30ecf6e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.allopen' version '1.6.10'
     id "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint" version "10.2.1"
     id "org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint-idea" version "10.2.0"
-    id "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt" version "1.18.0"
+    id "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt" version "1.20.0"
     id 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin' version '1.0.0'
 
 }