diff --git a/docs/source/developers/java/development.rst b/docs/source/developers/java/development.rst
index 275702968622b..3010156af0476 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/java/development.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/java/development.rst
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ that changes adhere to the style guide.
 Automatically fixing code style issues
 --------------------------------------
 
-- You can also just check the style without building the project with `mvn spotless:check`.
-- The Java code style can be corrected from the command line by using the following commands: `mvn spotless:apply`.
+- You can also just check the style without building the project with ``mvn spotless:check``.
+- The Java code style can be corrected from the command line by using the following commands: ``mvn spotless:apply``.
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -164,4 +164,4 @@ Checkstyle will be removed once Spotless is fully integrated.
 .. _Spotless: https://github.com/diffplug/spotless
 .. _Google Java Style: https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html
 .. _Eclipse: https://github.com/google/google-java-format?tab=readme-ov-file#eclipse
-.. _IntelliJ: https://github.com/google/google-java-format?tab=readme-ov-file#intellij-android-studio-and-other-jetbrains-ides
\ No newline at end of file
+.. _IntelliJ: https://github.com/google/google-java-format?tab=readme-ov-file#intellij-android-studio-and-other-jetbrains-ides
diff --git a/java/algorithm/pom.xml b/java/algorithm/pom.xml
index 54afddfa15a09..dc15dab532f64 100644
--- a/java/algorithm/pom.xml
+++ b/java/algorithm/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                 <include>pom.xml</include>
               </includes>
               <licenseHeader>
-                <file>../spotless/asf-xml.license</file>
+                <file>../dev/license/asf-xml.license</file>
                 <delimiter>(&lt;configuration|&lt;project)</delimiter>
               </licenseHeader>
             </format>
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@
                 <include>**/*.java</include>
               </includes>
               <licenseHeader>
-                <file>../spotless/asf-java.license</file>
+                <file>../dev/license/asf-java.license</file>
                 <delimiter>package</delimiter>
               </licenseHeader>
             </format>
           </formats>
           <java>
             <googleJavaFormat>
-              <version>1.17.0</version>
+              <version>1.7</version>
               <style>GOOGLE</style>
             </googleJavaFormat>
           </java>
diff --git a/java/dev/checkstyle/checkstyle.license b/java/dev/checkstyle/checkstyle.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e7c6c26f5578..0000000000000
--- a/java/dev/checkstyle/checkstyle.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
diff --git a/java/spotless/asf-java.license b/java/dev/license/asf-java.license
similarity index 100%
rename from java/spotless/asf-java.license
rename to java/dev/license/asf-java.license
diff --git a/java/spotless/asf-xml.license b/java/dev/license/asf-xml.license
similarity index 100%
rename from java/spotless/asf-xml.license
rename to java/dev/license/asf-xml.license
diff --git a/java/maven/pom.xml b/java/maven/pom.xml
index f290ded2e2913..0364463dec77e 100644
--- a/java/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/java/maven/pom.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
         <version>3.1.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <configLocation>../dev/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-          <headerLocation>../dev/checkstyle/checkstyle.license</headerLocation>
+          <headerLocation>../dev/license/asf-java.license</headerLocation>
           <suppressionsLocation>../dev/checkstyle/suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
           <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
           <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 289810daba3ac..ba2199ee63c39 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <excludes>**/module-info.java</excludes>
           <configLocation>dev/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-          <headerLocation>dev/checkstyle/checkstyle.license</headerLocation>
+          <headerLocation>dev/license/asf-java.license</headerLocation>
           <suppressionsLocation>dev/checkstyle/suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
           <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
           <inputEncoding>UTF-8</inputEncoding>