diff --git a/examples/realworld-app/rw-database/build.gradle b/examples/realworld-app/rw-database/build.gradle
index 5fc84db67..2d1e669fc 100644
--- a/examples/realworld-app/rw-database/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/realworld-app/rw-database/build.gradle
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ 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")
+
 
   testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.2.0')
 }
diff --git a/java-client-serverless/build.gradle.kts b/java-client-serverless/build.gradle.kts
index 9081809c9..e9f44692e 100644
--- a/java-client-serverless/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-client-serverless/build.gradle.kts
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ plugins {
     id("de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis") version "3.4"
 }
 
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = "10.16.0"
+}
+
 // GitHub Maven repo doesn't like 1.0.0+20231031-SNAPSHOT
 version = "1.0.0-20231031-SNAPSHOT"
 
@@ -254,7 +258,8 @@ 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")
 
     testImplementation("io.opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-sdk", openTelemetryVersion)
 }
diff --git a/java-client/build.gradle.kts b/java-client/build.gradle.kts
index 7e231684f..ce5cf8403 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
@@ -250,6 +254,8 @@ 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")
 
     testImplementation("io.opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-sdk", openTelemetryVersion)