diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8001e749..b817f997 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Developers on **GitHub** can call the **GitHub Action** to lint their code base
 | **JavaScript**   | [eslint](https://eslint.org/) [standard js](https://standardjs.com/)     |
 | **JSON**         | [jsonlint](https://github.com/zaach/jsonlint)                            |
 | **CSS**          | [stylelint](https://stylelint.io/)                                       |
-| **Java**         | [Spotless](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless)                         |
+| **Java**         | [checkstyle](https://checkstyle.org)                         |
 | **Kotlin**       | [ktlint](https://github.com/pinterest/ktlint)                            |
 | **Markdown**     | [markdownlint](https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli#readme) |
 | **OpenAPI**      | [spectral](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral)                      |
diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 386ee9e6..8119313f 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ LINTER_ARRAY=("jsonlint" "yamllint" "xmllint" "markdownlint" "shellcheck"
   "pylint" "perl" "raku" "rubocop" "coffeelint" "eslint" "standard"
   "ansible-lint" "dockerfilelint" "golangci-lint" "tflint"
   "stylelint" "dotenv-linter" "pwsh" "arm-ttk" "ktlint" "protolint" "clj-kondo"
-  "spectral" "cfn-lint" "dart" "htmlhint" "spotless")
+  "spectral" "cfn-lint" "dart" "htmlhint" "checkstyle")
 
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 # Language array for prints #
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ Footer() {
   ###############################
   # Exit with 1 if errors found #
   ###############################
-  
+
   elif [ "${ERRORS_FOUND_YML}" -ne 0 ] ||
     [ "${ERRORS_FOUND_JSON}" -ne 0 ] ||
     [ "${ERRORS_FOUND_XML}" -ne 0 ] ||
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ if [ "$VALIDATE_JAVA" == "true" ]; then
   # Lint the JAVA files #
   #######################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILE_ARRAY"
-  LintCodebase "JAVA" "spotless" "spotless" ".*\.\(java\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_JAVA[@]}"
+  LintCodebase "JAVA" "checkstyle" "java -jar /usr/bin/checksytle.jar" ".*\.\(java\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_JAVA[@]}"
 fi
 
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