diff --git a/commons-rdf-api/pom.xml b/commons-rdf-api/pom.xml
index 8059c607..fc42d2dd 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-api/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-rdf-api/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <description>Commons Java API for RDF 1.1</description>
 
     <properties>
+      <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}/..</commons.parent.dir>
       <commons.osgi.symbolicName>org.apache.commons.rdf.api</commons.osgi.symbolicName>
       <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     </properties>
diff --git a/commons-rdf-examples/pom.xml b/commons-rdf-examples/pom.xml
index 57abd6ae..bd98bd67 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-rdf-examples/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     <version>0.1</version>
 
     <properties>
+        <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}/..</commons.parent.dir>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
diff --git a/commons-rdf-integration-tests/pom.xml b/commons-rdf-integration-tests/pom.xml
index e9e3b0c1..e6052b43 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-rdf-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 	<artifactId>commons-rdf-integration-tests</artifactId>
 	<name>Commons RDF Integration tests</name>
     <properties>
+        <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}/..</commons.parent.dir>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     </properties>
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/commons-rdf-jena/pom.xml b/commons-rdf-jena/pom.xml
index 2edfbf20..4c31ae95 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-jena/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-rdf-jena/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 	<name>Commons RDF impl: Jena</name>
 	<description>Apache Jena implementation of Commons RDF API</description>
     <properties>
+        <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}/..</commons.parent.dir>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/pom.xml b/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/pom.xml
index 44b57fe2..43471678 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-rdf-jsonld-java/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <name>Commons RDF impl: JSON-LD Java</name>
     <description>Parser integration of JSON-LD Java</description>
     <properties>
+        <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}/..</commons.parent.dir>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/commons-rdf-rdf4j/pom.xml b/commons-rdf-rdf4j/pom.xml
index d4352b4b..a7b81335 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-rdf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-rdf-rdf4j/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 	<name>Commons RDF impl: RDF4j</name>
 	<description>Eclipse RDF4j implementation of Commons RDF API</description>
     <properties>
+        <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}/..</commons.parent.dir>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/commons-rdf-simple/pom.xml b/commons-rdf-simple/pom.xml
index 873ef014..bd80e4b9 100644
--- a/commons-rdf-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-rdf-simple/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       </site>
     </distributionManagement>
     <properties>
+        <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}/..</commons.parent.dir>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 376b72f6..108a02e0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>71</version>
+        <version>73</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>commons-rdf-parent</artifactId>
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.encoding>UTF-8</project.build.encoding>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-01T03:27:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+        <commons.parent.dir>${basedir}</commons.parent.dir>
         <commons.encoding>UTF-8</commons.encoding>
         <commons.componentid>rdf</commons.componentid>
         <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.rdf</commons.module.name>
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <defaultGoal>clean verify javadoc:javadoc</defaultGoal>
+        <defaultGoal>clean verify checkstyle:check javadoc:javadoc</defaultGoal>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -509,6 +510,16 @@
                         </excludes>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                     <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+                     <configuration>
+                         <configLocation>${commons.parent.dir}/src/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
+                         <propertyExpansion>config_loc=${commons.parent.dir}/src/conf/</propertyExpansion>
+                         <enableRulesSummary>false</enableRulesSummary>
+                         <suppressionsLocation>${commons.parent.dir}/src/conf/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
+                     </configuration>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
@@ -539,7 +550,6 @@
              <plugin>
                  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                  <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                 <version>3.2.0</version>
                  <configuration>
                      <configLocation>${project.basedir}/src/conf/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                      <!-- Needed to define config_loc -->
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 7f339640..a3f16846 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
         <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
             Bump Java from 8 to 11.
         </action>
+        <action type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
+            Bump commons-parent from 71 to 73.
+        </action>
     </release>
     <release version="0.5.0" date="2017-11-19" description="Minor feature and bug fix release.">
         <action type="fix" issue="COMMONSRDF-47">
diff --git a/src/conf/checkstyle.xml b/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
index d03ca51e..7fc18e7d 100644
--- a/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/src/conf/checkstyle.xml
@@ -51,14 +51,11 @@ limitations under the License.
     <property name="fileExtensions" value="java" />
     <property name="severity" value="warning" />
   </module>
+  <module name="LineLength">
+    <property name="max" value="160"/>
+  </module>
 
   <module name="TreeWalker">
-    <property name="cacheFile" value="target/cachefile" />
-    <!-- 
-     -->
-    <module name="LineLength">
-      <property name="max" value="160"/>
-    </module>
  
     <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.                  -->
     <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_naming.html -->
@@ -173,31 +170,23 @@ limitations under the License.
     <module name="UpperEll"/>
     
     <!-- Required for SuppressionCommentFilter below -->
-    <module name="FileContentsHolder"/>
     <module name="ImportOrder">
       <property name="option" value="top"/>
       <property name="groups" value="java,javax,org"/>
       <property name="ordered" value="true"/>
       <property name="separated" value="true"/>
     </module>
-
-  </module>
-
-  <module name="SuppressionCommentFilter"/>
-
-  <module name="SuppressionFilter">
-    <!-- config_loc is used by Eclipse plugin -->
-    <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/src/conf/checkstyle-suppressions.xml"/>
-  </module>
-
-  <!-- 
+    <module name="SuppressionCommentFilter"/>
+    <!-- 
       Allow comment to suppress checkstyle for a single line
       e.g. // CHECKSTYLE IGNORE MagicNumber
-   -->
-  <module name="SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter">
-    <property name="commentFormat" value="CHECKSTYLE IGNORE (\w+)"/>
-    <property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/>
+     -->
+    <module name="SuppressWithNearbyCommentFilter">
+      <property name="commentFormat" value="CHECKSTYLE IGNORE (\w+)"/>
+      <property name="checkFormat" value="$1"/>
+    </module>
   </module>
+
   <!-- @author tags are deprecated -->
   <module name="RegexpSingleline">
     <property name="format" value="^\s+\*\s+@author\s" />