diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 100e678..2aaf2eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,23 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  format-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Validate Formatting
+        run: |
+          mvn -B -ntp validate -Pformat-check
   build:
+    needs: format-check
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -47,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           name: surefire-reports-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}
           path: '**/surefire-reports/*'
   test-java11:
+    needs: format-check
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -69,4 +86,4 @@ jobs:
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: surefire-reports-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}
-          path: '**/surefire-reports/*'
\ No newline at end of file
+          path: '**/surefire-reports/*'
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainer.java
index 39f04c8..690acdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainer.java
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 @Inherited
 @Documented
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
+@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
 public @interface TestContainer {
     Class<? extends GenericContainer<?>> value();
+
     boolean failIfNoDocker() default true;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainerProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainerProvider.java
index 81722d4..538e355 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainerProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainerProvider.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 
+import org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.impl.enricher.resource.OperatesOnDeploymentAwareProvider;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.Instance;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.annotation.Inject;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.test.api.ArquillianResource;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.test.spi.annotation.ClassScoped;
-import org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.impl.enricher.resource.OperatesOnDeploymentAwareProvider;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
 
 public class TestContainerProvider extends OperatesOnDeploymentAwareProvider {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainersObserver.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainersObserver.java
index 2e1f855..8d0df51 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainersObserver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/testcontainers/TestContainersObserver.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 
-import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.InstanceProducer;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.annotation.Inject;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.core.api.annotation.Observes;
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@
 import org.testcontainers.DockerClientFactory;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
 
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
+
 public class TestContainersObserver {
     @Inject
     @ClassScoped
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public void createContainer(@Observes(precedence = 500) BeforeClass beforeClass)
                 final GenericContainer<?> container = clazz.getConstructor().newInstance();
                 container.start();
                 containerWrapper.set(container);
-            } catch (Exception e) { //Clean up
+            } catch (Exception e) { // Clean up
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
         }
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ private void checkForDocker(boolean failIfNoDocker) {
     }
 
     private boolean isDockerAvailable() {
-        try(DockerClient client = DockerClientFactory.instance().client()) {
+        try (DockerClient client = DockerClientFactory.instance().client()) {
             return true;
         } catch (Throwable ex) {
             return false;