diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index 437bace65..68cecc88d 100644
--- a/java-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ plugins {
     id("de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis") version "3.4"
 }
 
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = "10.16.0"
+}
+
 java {
     targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
@@ -232,6 +236,8 @@ dependencies {
     // https://www.testcontainers.org/
     testImplementation("org.testcontainers", "testcontainers", "1.17.3")
     testImplementation("org.testcontainers", "elasticsearch", "1.17.3")
+    // updating transitive dependency from testcontainers
+    testImplementation("org.apache.commons","commons-compress","1.26.1")
 }