diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 3e031e62..df21405d 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
             <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowMissingThrowsTags" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
-            <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
+            <property name="minLineCount" value="8"/>
             <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
             <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
         </module>