diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71afddd9f..fad4535f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,33 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.12.2</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <!-- overwrite dependency on spotbugs if you want to specify the version of spotbugs -->
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
+            <version>4.0.0-RC1</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- TODO: enable once bugs are fixed. -->
+          <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+          <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>validate</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/sdk-autogen/pom.xml b/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
index 532d91d32..6a47e4200 100644
--- a/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-autogen/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -104,7 +103,14 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <!-- Skip findbugs for auto-generated code -->
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>