diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 821056f81d..9bbb6dbf89 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Maven build goals:
  * Compile                   : mvn compile [-Pnative]
  * Run tests                 : mvn test [-Pnative] [-Pshelltest]
  * Create JAR                : mvn package
- * Run findbugs              : mvn compile findbugs:findbugs
+ * Run spotbugs              : mvn compile spotbugs:spotbugs
  * Run checkstyle            : mvn compile checkstyle:checkstyle
  * Install JAR in M2 cache   : mvn install
  * Deploy JAR to Maven repo  : mvn deploy
diff --git a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
index 6841ed30a7..60d2f7f645 100644
--- a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ pipeline {
                         YETUS_ARGS+=("--proclimit=5500")
                         YETUS_ARGS+=("--dockermemlimit=22g")
 
-                        # -1 findbugs issues that show up prior to the patch being applied
-                        YETUS_ARGS+=("--findbugs-strict-precheck")
+                        # -1 spotbugs issues that show up prior to the patch being applied
+                        YETUS_ARGS+=("--spotbugs-strict-precheck")
 
                         # rsync these files back into the archive dir
-                        YETUS_ARGS+=("--archive-list=checkstyle-errors.xml,findbugsXml.xml")
+                        YETUS_ARGS+=("--archive-list=checkstyle-errors.xml,spotbugsXml.xml")
 
                         # URL for user-side presentation in reports and such to our artifacts
                         # (needs to match the archive bits below)
diff --git a/dev-support/bin/hadoop.sh b/dev-support/bin/hadoop.sh
index 3343014aae..beebea8c97 100755
--- a/dev-support/bin/hadoop.sh
+++ b/dev-support/bin/hadoop.sh
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ function personality_file_tests
   fi
 
   if [[ ${filename} =~ \.java$ ]]; then
-    add_test findbugs
+    add_test spotbugs
   fi
 }
 
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ function shadedclient_rebuild
   echo_and_redirect "${logfile}" \
     "${MAVEN}" "${MAVEN_ARGS[@]}" verify -fae --batch-mode -am \
       "${modules[@]}" \
-      -Dtest=NoUnitTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true
+      -Dtest=NoUnitTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dcheckstyle.skip=true -Dspotbugs.skip=true
 
   count=$("${GREP}" -c '\[ERROR\]' "${logfile}")
   if [[ ${count} -gt 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
index 930d44a839..11f3c6f739 100644
--- a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ RUN apt-get -q update \
         cmake \
         curl \
         doxygen \
-        findbugs \
         fuse \
         g++ \
         gcc \
@@ -92,7 +91,16 @@ RUN apt-get -q update \
 ENV MAVEN_HOME /usr
 # JAVA_HOME must be set in Maven >= 3.5.0 (MNG-6003)
 ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
-ENV FINDBUGS_HOME /usr
+
+#######
+# Install SpotBugs 4.2.2
+#######
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/spotbugs \
+    && curl -L -s -S https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/releases/download/4.2.2/spotbugs-4.2.2.tgz \
+      -o /opt/spotbugs.tgz \
+    && tar xzf /opt/spotbugs.tgz --strip-components 1 -C /opt/spotbugs \
+    && chmod +x /opt/spotbugs/bin/*
+ENV SPOTBUGS_HOME /opt/spotbugs
 
 #######
 # Install Boost 1.72 (1.71 ships with Focal)
diff --git a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile_aarch64 b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile_aarch64
index 858c9b36dd..362c5466a4 100644
--- a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile_aarch64
+++ b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile_aarch64
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ RUN apt-get -q update \
         cmake \
         curl \
         doxygen \
-        findbugs \
         fuse \
         g++ \
         gcc \
@@ -96,7 +95,16 @@ RUN apt-get -q update \
 ENV MAVEN_HOME /usr
 # JAVA_HOME must be set in Maven >= 3.5.0 (MNG-6003)
 ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-arm64
-ENV FINDBUGS_HOME /usr
+
+#######
+# Install SpotBugs 4.2.2
+#######
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/spotbugs \
+    && curl -L -s -S https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/releases/download/4.2.2/spotbugs-4.2.2.tgz \
+      -o /opt/spotbugs.tgz \
+    && tar xzf /opt/spotbugs.tgz --strip-components 1 -C /opt/spotbugs \
+    && chmod +x /opt/spotbugs/bin/*
+ENV SPOTBUGS_HOME /opt/spotbugs
 
 #######
 # Install Boost 1.72 (1.71 ships with Focal)
diff --git a/hadoop-cloud-storage-project/hadoop-cos/pom.xml b/hadoop-cloud-storage-project/hadoop-cos/pom.xml
index d18b09f450..fa47e354c7 100644
--- a/hadoop-cloud-storage-project/hadoop-cos/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-cloud-storage-project/hadoop-cos/pom.xml
@@ -64,10 +64,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
index 10e0b9c825..8e8526c745 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
index 338af127f8..9de8b9caf6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
index c76abf750b..c292aebbe3 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
index b3c727910e..f5de8407a0 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-registry/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-registry/pom.xml
index 5e3e2edcb9..0058832e61 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-registry/pom.xml
@@ -163,10 +163,9 @@
     </resources>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${project.basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index de71122708..1916ef0e3b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 0d76285cde..55940ae4ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -157,10 +157,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
        <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${mr.basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
index ec3a0514b2..48cf27efe4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
@@ -138,10 +138,9 @@
     </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${mr.examples.basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index 5ec1db6324..09b4d42606 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -178,10 +178,9 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>
-            <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
             <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
             <excludeFilterFile>${mr.basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
             <effort>Max</effort>
@@ -299,12 +298,9 @@
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!-- until we have reporting management cf. MSITE-443 -->
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 410ec8635e..10a0526519 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -89,11 +89,10 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-          <fork>true</fork>
           <maxHeap>2048</maxHeap>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 7c74615dbc..9e728e1513 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
     <zookeeper.version>3.5.6</zookeeper.version>
     <curator.version>4.2.0</curator.version>
     <findbugs.version>3.0.5</findbugs.version>
-    <spotbugs.version>4.0.6</spotbugs.version>
     <dnsjava.version>2.1.7</dnsjava.version>
 
     <guava.version>27.0-jre</guava.version>
@@ -1854,18 +1853,6 @@
           <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${findbugs.version}</version>
-          <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-              <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
-              <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
-              <version>${spotbugs.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-          </dependencies>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>make-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -2099,10 +2086,6 @@
           </filesets>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/pom.xml
index 284c651782..8a68d9b4f7 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aliyun/pom.xml
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-archive-logs/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-archive-logs/pom.xml
index 10bc9a0833..3caa26c52f 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-archive-logs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-archive-logs/pom.xml
@@ -194,10 +194,9 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>
             ${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml
index f6d7023094..0cab5ada21 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/pom.xml
@@ -399,10 +399,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
index 4176305c32..d5d0f1fcd7 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-datajoin/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-datajoin/pom.xml
index e26fa5dc33..ec77281b66 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-datajoin/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-datajoin/pom.xml
@@ -108,10 +108,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/pom.xml
index 6f268ca616..9a273621cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/pom.xml
@@ -87,10 +87,9 @@
         </configuration>
        </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-gridmix/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-gridmix/pom.xml
index afa9cf5d36..f383ecad64 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-gridmix/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-gridmix/pom.xml
@@ -123,10 +123,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
        <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-kafka/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-kafka/pom.xml
index 8789b13c51..a6f854a1ec 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <effort>Max</effort>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml
index a4624c54e6..e1065883fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml
           </excludeFilterFile>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-rumen/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-rumen/pom.xml
index 6afc51c1f2..fd3b5c9a1b 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-rumen/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-rumen/pom.xml
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/pom.xml
index ce9197cd21..5bb5a415d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/pom.xml
@@ -108,10 +108,9 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/pom.xml
index a419e10d75..f03eb00145 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-streaming/pom.xml
@@ -129,10 +129,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
        <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml
index 072e70a894..12b0112680 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
           <includeTests>true</includeTests>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index c8d9ddd9d0..dff9a2b08a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@
   <build>
     <plugins>
        <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
          <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <excludeFilterFile>${yarn.basedir}/dev-support/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <effort>Max</effort>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
index d05d1df2c5..ae40fef3f7 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
@@ -204,12 +204,9 @@
   <reporting>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!-- until we have reporting management cf. MSITE-443 -->
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e94cfb8ad..32090f8620 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <checkstyle.version>8.29</checkstyle.version>
     <dependency-check-maven.version>1.4.3</dependency-check-maven.version>
+    <spotbugs.version>4.2.2</spotbugs.version>
+    <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.2.0</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
 
     <shell-executable>bash</shell-executable>
 
@@ -342,6 +344,18 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
           <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
           <version>${dependency-check-maven.version}</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${spotbugs-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+              <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
+              <version>${spotbugs.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
@@ -443,6 +457,10 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/x
         <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
         <version>${dependency-check-maven.version}</version>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>