diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/quarkus/application/build.gradle b/dd-smoke-tests/quarkus/application/build.gradle
index 693ee504527..99737cae76f 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/quarkus/application/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/quarkus/application/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'io.quarkus'
-  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '5.11.0'
+  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '5.12.5'
   id 'pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release' version '1.10.3'
 }
 
diff --git a/dd-trace-java.gradle b/dd-trace-java.gradle
index 50da5040a29..76e33081e2b 100644
--- a/dd-trace-java.gradle
+++ b/dd-trace-java.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
 plugins {
   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.27.0'
 
-  id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "5.11.0"
+  id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "5.12.5"
   id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '4.6.0'
   id 'com.dorongold.task-tree' version '1.5'
   id "de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis" version "3.1"
diff --git a/gradle/spotless.gradle b/gradle/spotless.gradle
index 94fce865ff1..964a827f47a 100644
--- a/gradle/spotless.gradle
+++ b/gradle/spotless.gradle
@@ -67,5 +67,9 @@ spotless {
   }
 }
 
-task formatCode(dependsOn: ['spotlessApply'])
-check.dependsOn 'spotlessCheck'
+tasks.register('formatCode') {
+  dependsOn 'spotlessApply'
+}
+check.configure {
+  dependsOn 'spotlessCheck'
+}
diff --git a/test-published-dependencies/build.gradle b/test-published-dependencies/build.gradle
index b8b3ddfa320..296fa705ec2 100644
--- a/test-published-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/test-published-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'application'
 
-  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '5.11.0'
+  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '5.12.5'
   id 'pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release' version '1.10.3'
 }