diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1352f1..90dfa9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
         <sonar.organization>appform-io</sonar.organization>
         <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
+        <spotless.version>2.19.2</spotless.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -136,6 +137,39 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.diffplug.spotless</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spotless-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${spotless.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- optional: limit format enforcement to just the files changed by this feature branch -->
+                    <ratchetFrom>origin/master</ratchetFrom>
+                    <java>
+                        <!-- no need to specify files, inferred automatically, but you can if you want -->
+
+                        <!-- apply a specific flavor of google-java-format and reflow long strings -->
+                        <googleJavaFormat>
+                            <version>1.8</version>
+                            <style>AOSP</style>
+                            <reflowLongStrings>true</reflowLongStrings>
+                        </googleJavaFormat>
+
+                        <!-- make sure every file has the following copyright header.
+                          optionally, Spotless can set copyright years by digging
+                          through git history (see "license" section below) -->
+                        <licenseHeader>
+                            <content>/* (C)$YEAR */</content>  <!-- or <file>${project.basedir}/license-header</file> -->
+                        </licenseHeader>
+                    </java>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                 <artifactId>lombok-maven-plugin</artifactId>