The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Maven Checkstyle Plugin, version 2.9.1
Generates a report on violations of code style and optionally fails the build if violations are detected. http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-checkstyle-plugin You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.9.1</version> </plugin> Release Notes - Maven Checkstyle Plugin - Version 2.9.1 Bug * [MCHECKSTYLE-173] Embedded error: Cannot set property 'charset' in module Checker to 'UTF-8,UTF-8': UTF-8,UTF-8 Enjoy, -The Maven team