diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 801c4909f..027f448a1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     // Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
     id 'application'
     id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.0.4' apply false
+    id 'checkstyle'
 }
 
 // Global checkstyle file
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ def gitHash = { ->
     return stdout.toString().trim()
 }
 
+tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
+    reports {
+        xml.required = false
+        html.required = true
+    }
+}
+
 project.ext["jarVersion"] = "${projectVersion}.${buildTime}.${gitHash}"
 project.ext["packageVersion"] = "${projectVersion}.${buildTime}.${gitHash}.el8"
 
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ac204f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<module name="SuppressionFilter">
+    <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/suppressions.xml"/>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/sun_checks.xml b/config/checkstyle/sun_checks.xml
index 61d5ad0c9..758e36d35 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/sun_checks.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/sun_checks.xml
@@ -1,77 +1,94 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
-          "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
-          "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+        "-//Checkstyle//DTD Checkstyle Configuration 1.3//EN"
+        "https://checkstyle.org/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
 
 <!--
 
   Checkstyle configuration that checks the sun coding conventions from:
 
     - the Java Language Specification at
-      http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/second_edition/html/index.html
+      https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se11/html/index.html
 
-    - the Sun Code Conventions at http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/
+    - the Sun Code Conventions at https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/codeconventions-contents.html
 
     - the Javadoc guidelines at
-      http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/writingdoccomments/index.html
+      https://www.oracle.com/technical-resources/articles/java/javadoc-tool.html
 
-    - the JDK Api documentation http://java.sun.com/j2se/docs/api/index.html
+    - the JDK Api documentation https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/
 
     - some best practices
 
   Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
-  http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
+  https://checkstyle.org (or in your downloaded distribution).
 
   Most Checks are configurable, be sure to consult the documentation.
 
   To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
+  To suppress certain violations please review suppression filters.
 
   Finally, it is worth reading the documentation.
 
 -->
 
 <module name="Checker">
-    <property name="basedir" value="${basedir}"/>
+    <!--
+        If you set the basedir property below, then all reported file
+        names will be relative to the specified directory. See
+        https://checkstyle.org/config.html#Checker
 
-    <!-- Suppressions for rules -->
+        <property name="basedir" value="${basedir}"/>
+    -->
+    <property name="severity" value="error"/>
+
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
+
+    <!-- Excludes all 'module-info.java' files              -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/filefilters/index.html -->
+    <module name="BeforeExecutionExclusionFileFilter">
+        <property name="fileNamePattern" value="module\-info\.java$"/>
+    </module>
+
+    <!-- https://checkstyle.org/filters/suppressionfilter.html -->
     <module name="SuppressionFilter">
-        <property name="file" value="${basedir}/suppressions.xml"/>               
+        <property name="file" value="${basedir}/suppressions.xml"/>
+        <property name="optional" value="true"/>
     </module>
-    <module name="SuppressWarningsFilter"/>
 
     <!-- Checks that a package-info.java file exists for each package.     -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html#JavadocPackage -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/javadoc/javadocpackage.html#JavadocPackage -->
     <module name="JavadocPackage"/>
 
     <!-- Checks whether files end with a new line.                        -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#NewlineAtEndOfFile -->
-    <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile">
-        <property name="lineSeparator" value="lf" />
-    </module>
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/misc/newlineatendoffile.html -->
+    <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile"/>
 
     <!-- Checks that property files contain the same keys.         -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html#Translation -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/misc/translation.html -->
     <module name="Translation"/>
-    
+
     <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/sizes/index.html -->
     <module name="FileLength"/>
-    
+    <module name="LineLength">
+        <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
+    </module>
+
     <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/whitespace/index.html -->
     <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
 
     <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/misc/index.html -->
     <module name="RegexpSingleline">
-       <property name="format" value="\s+$"/>
-       <property name="minimum" value="0"/>
-       <property name="maximum" value="0"/>
-       <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces."/>
+        <property name="format" value="\s+$"/>
+        <property name="minimum" value="0"/>
+        <property name="maximum" value="0"/>
+        <property name="message" value="Line has trailing spaces."/>
     </module>
 
     <!-- Checks for Headers                                -->
-    <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_header.html   -->
+    <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/header/index.html   -->
     <!-- <module name="Header"> -->
     <!--   <property name="headerFile" value="${checkstyle.header.file}"/> -->
     <!--   <property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/> -->
@@ -79,25 +96,17 @@
 
     <module name="TreeWalker">
 
-        <!-- Allow suppress annotations -->
-        <module name="SuppressWarningsHolder"/>
-
         <!-- Checks for Javadoc comments.                     -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_javadoc.html -->
-        <module name="JavadocMethod">
-            <property name="scope" value="package"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="JavadocType">
-            <property name="scope" value="package"/>
-        </module>
-        <module name="JavadocVariable">
-            <property name="scope" value="package"/>
-        </module>
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/javadoc/index.html -->
+        <module name="InvalidJavadocPosition"/>
+        <module name="JavadocMethod"/>
+        <module name="JavadocType"/>
+        <module name="JavadocVariable"/>
         <module name="JavadocStyle"/>
-
+        <module name="MissingJavadocMethod"/>
 
         <!-- Checks for Naming Conventions.                  -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_naming.html -->
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/naming/index.html -->
         <module name="ConstantName"/>
         <module name="LocalFinalVariableName"/>
         <module name="LocalVariableName"/>
@@ -108,29 +117,22 @@
         <module name="StaticVariableName"/>
         <module name="TypeName"/>
 
-
         <!-- Checks for imports                              -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_import.html -->
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/imports/index.html -->
         <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
         <module name="IllegalImport"/> <!-- defaults to sun.* packages -->
         <module name="RedundantImport"/>
-        <module name="UnusedImports"/>
-
+        <module name="UnusedImports">
+            <property name="processJavadoc" value="false"/>
+        </module>
 
         <!-- Checks for Size Violations.                    -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_sizes.html -->
-        <module name="LineLength">
-            <property name="max" value="100"/>
-        </module>
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/sizes/index.html -->
         <module name="MethodLength"/>
-        <module name="ParameterNumber">
-            <property name="max" value="10"/>
-            <property name="tokens" value="METHOD_DEF"/>
-        </module>
-
+        <module name="ParameterNumber"/>
 
         <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/whitespace/index.html -->
         <module name="EmptyForIteratorPad"/>
         <module name="GenericWhitespace"/>
         <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
@@ -142,48 +144,42 @@
         <module name="WhitespaceAfter"/>
         <module name="WhitespaceAround"/>
 
-
         <!-- Modifier Checks                                    -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_modifiers.html -->
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/modifier/index.html -->
         <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
         <module name="RedundantModifier"/>
 
-
         <!-- Checks for blocks. You know, those {}'s         -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_blocks.html -->
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/blocks/index.html -->
         <module name="AvoidNestedBlocks"/>
         <module name="EmptyBlock"/>
         <module name="LeftCurly"/>
         <module name="NeedBraces"/>
         <module name="RightCurly"/>
 
-
         <!-- Checks for common coding problems               -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_coding.html -->
-        <module name="AvoidInlineConditionals"/>
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/coding/index.html -->
         <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
         <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
-        <module name="HiddenField">
-            <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
-        </module>
+        <module name="HiddenField"/>
         <module name="IllegalInstantiation"/>
         <module name="InnerAssignment"/>
         <module name="MagicNumber"/>
         <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
-        <!-- <module name="RedundantThrows"/> -->
+        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
         <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
 
         <!-- Checks for class design                         -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_design.html -->
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/design/index.html -->
+        <module name="DesignForExtension"/>
         <module name="FinalClass"/>
         <module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
         <module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
         <module name="VisibilityModifier"/>
 
-
         <!-- Miscellaneous other checks.                   -->
-        <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_misc.html -->
+        <!-- See https://checkstyle.org/checks/misc/index.html -->
         <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
         <module name="FinalParameters"/>
         <module name="TodoComment"/>
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml b/config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f691999a8..5246ea013 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
         libs {
             version('springboot', '3.0.1')
             version('jackson', '2.14.2')
+            library('checkstyle', 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.12.7')
             library('commons-codec', 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15')
             library('commons_io',    'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0')
             library('commons-lang3', 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.13.0')