diff --git a/microservices-self-registration/contextservice/pom.xml b/microservices-self-registration/contextservice/pom.xml
index 71f61fcf6..964ebdece 100644
--- a/microservices-self-registration/contextservice/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-self-registration/contextservice/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.44.4</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/microservices-self-registration/eurekaserver/pom.xml b/microservices-self-registration/eurekaserver/pom.xml
index fac49a1e4..d8b923b81 100644
--- a/microservices-self-registration/eurekaserver/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-self-registration/eurekaserver/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.44.4</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/microservices-self-registration/greetingservice/pom.xml b/microservices-self-registration/greetingservice/pom.xml
index 36221db34..b6a92aabc 100644
--- a/microservices-self-registration/greetingservice/pom.xml
+++ b/microservices-self-registration/greetingservice/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.44.4</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2688d8be3..904ddb961 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.44.4</version> <!-- Use latest version -->
+        <version>3.8.0</version> <!-- Use latest version -->
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
diff --git a/rate-limiting-pattern/pom.xml b/rate-limiting-pattern/pom.xml
index 517a02094..370b59e7b 100644
--- a/rate-limiting-pattern/pom.xml
+++ b/rate-limiting-pattern/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.44.2</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>