diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c1a135150..05bc86b539 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
                     <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
                     <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <!-- This is the last version with Java 8 support -->
-                    <version>2.46.1</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <java>
                             <!-- google-java-format, but better: see https://github.com/palantir/palantir-java-format -->