diff --git a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
index 0f587cbe..2981d503 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 	<!-- TreeWalker Checks -->
 	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.TreeWalker">
+		<property name="tabWidth" value="1"/>
 
 		<!-- Spring Cloud ones -->
 		<module name="LineLength">