diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f543ff..150dd8d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <!-- 2.31.0 + version requires JRE 11 -->
-        <version>2.30.0</version>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <java>
             <!--            <cleanthat/> This can be added after we drop java 8 support -->