diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e38eef956..e1d0f1812 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <build-alias>b000</build-alias>
     <wala.version>1.6.12</wala.version>
-    <spotless.version>3.0.0</spotless.version>
+    <spotless.version>3.1.0</spotless.version>
     <maven.surefire.version>3.5.4</maven.surefire.version>
     <parallel>both</parallel>
     <logging.config.file>./logging.properties</logging.config.file>